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Approving Idol Worship (Heroism) and Ambedkarism
Apparently, Dalit-Bahajans are approving a new way to recognise and praise their ideals. It is one of the most important things to rethink on the vision of Baba Saheb Ambedkar. The Buddha once in …
Democracy and Buddhism – Babasaheb Ambedkar on the Buddha and John Dewey
Babasaheb Ambedkar is believed to have said in 1952 that I owe my whole intellectual life to Prof. John Dewey. In Annihilation of Caste, he wrote, “Prof. John Dewey who was my teacher and to whom I…
फर्रुखाबाद की ट्रेन में मुस्लिम यात्रियों पर हमला एक बार फिर जुनैद काण्ड को दोहराने की कोशिश- रिहाई मंच
Brahminism, Islam and Sikhism
In the later history after the abolition of the British kingdom in India and after the independence of India, the accounts that have generally been drawn around Sikhism, constitute mainly of rivalr…
Need of the Hour – Resist Hindutva Forces and Save Constitution
The Hindutva forces are marching ahead with their brutal majority in the Parliament and in a good number of state assemblies. From 2014, the Central government is deliberately and openly heading to…
दुनिया को आतंकवाद से खतरा है, छाया आतंकवाद से नहीं
आतंकवाद की चर्चा जोरों पर है। लोग आतंकवाद की अलग-अलग परिभाषाएं भी बना लिए हैं और कुछ लोग ऐसे भी हैं जो आतंकवाद को अच्छा आतंकवाद और बुरा आतंकवाद के रूप में देखते हैं। हद तो तब होती है जब अपने आप को …
अमरनाथ यात्रियों पर आतंकी हमले पर उठ रहे सवालों का जवाब दे सरकार – रिहाई मंच
Why Attacks on Amarnath Yatra Happen Only When BJP is in Power?
On 10th July 2017, in an attack on the Amarnath Yatra 7 people were killed raising concerns about the safety provisions provided by BJP/RSS government for the pilgrims.
It was not the first atta…
Quislings of Jagannath Temple at Puri
In his speech to the Constituent Assembly on November 25, 1949, Dr B R Ambedkar expressed deep anguish and apprehension over probable danger to India’s independence. He cited illustrations in suppo…
Relevance of the Ashadhi (Guru) Purnima (Full Moon Day) for the Buddhists
After the Buddha penetrated the nature of reality fully (attained to Bodhi), he surveyed the world and realised that two of his former teachers were already dead who could have perhaps understood t…
Relevance of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Thoughts on Historical Development of Caste System and Its Relevance in the Present Era
Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s paper “Castes in India, Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development” which he presented at Columbia University on 9th May 1916 has been regarded as one of the landmarks in the study…
12 Things You Should Know About Paarpaan (Brahmins) of Tamil Nadu
Here are 12 things you should know about Paarpaan (Brahmins) of Tamil Nadu. These points are transcript prepared by Suthamalli Ganga. (If you understand Tamil, you can listen to the video at the en…
God Market In India Will Destroy Indian Economy
Meera Nanda wrote a wonderful book on how Hindutva infuses in the market economy and how the economy gets saffronized. No market is innocent. Every market is ideology driven. This is also true abou…
The Theft of History – Distorting Buddhist History in India
History is the record of the past, and as George Orwell said, it remains in the forms of the material records and memory and both records and memories can be changed. All over the places, the domin…
Reclaiming Buddhism and Buddhist Heritage – Whose Responsibility?
When we think of the revolution and counterrevolution in India, it happened on many levels. There have been attempts in the past which ran up to the modern times to co-opt the Buddha and Buddhism i…
