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Reflections On Ghumakkadi In The Time Of Corona Lockdown
Wandering is wondering about people and places. And the wanderers have changed the fate of humanity. Wandering is also educative process and it can humanise us by exposing us to diverse cultures, w…
How Brahminism Works and Thrives
Recently there was a tweet from journalist Rana Ayyub, which talked about the morality of India in the times of Corona and she mentioned what is left for Corona to kill in the morally corrupt natio…
What Can We Learn From Corona Crisis?
What is the reality of human beings and ” What surrounds them” has been an existential question. Though we will not take an “anthropocentric” approach to the existence, the limitation of being endo…
Karuna In The Time Of Corona
As the skies fell down on the poor, marginalized, daily-wage Indians, a good chunk of whom are bahujans, various individuals and organizations tried to step in to help in whichever way they could. …
#BanRamayana – How Ramayana Radicalized Hindus and Brought Hindutva Nationalism Forefront
Read it in Hindi from रामायण ने हिंदुओ को कैसे कट्टरपंथी बनाया और हिन्दुत्व राष्ट्रवाद को आगे लाया
“I told my father that I did not like any of the figures in Mahabharata. I said, “I do not li…
Modi’s Approach of Handling Corona – Fighting Fire Blindfolded
As it is clear the epicentre of Corona has now shifted and in Italy alone more people have died comparable to China. China, South Korea, and Singapore effectively restricted the spread of Virus and…
Where is the Caring Government in India?
Babasaheb Ambedkar defined one of the roles of the state (Government) as ensuring to its citizens’ freedom from want and freedom from fear. To tackle the big problems like contagious diseases, plan…
Masawat Ki Jung: Struggle for Equality
Caste is not only one of the important aspect of Indian society but maybe the most important aspect, including in the Muslim community of India. discussions about castes in the Muslim community has…
Mahad Satyagraha: First Revolt for Right to Water
It was hot summer of 2016, in the drought-hit village of Vidarbha, Washim district, a Dalit man named Bapurao Tajne had to dig own well in order to fulfil the need of WATER for his family. Bapurao …
Caste and Graded Inequality
Stated in the language of equality and inequality, this means that the Brahmin is the highest because he can be the slave of nobody but is entitled to keep a person of any class as his slave. The S…
90 Years After Kalaram Temple Entry Struggle, What Has Changed For Dalits?
March 2, 2020, marks the 90th anniversary of Kalaram temple entry struggle led by Babasaheb Ambedkar. Though untouchables were considered and are still considered as part of Hinduism (Brahminism) b…
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity are the Touchstones of Ideal Society – Babasaheb Ambedkar
The following is an excerpt from Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Writings and Speeches, Vol. 1, pp. 57–58.
If you ask me, my ideal would be a society based on liberty, equality and fraternity. And why not…
Defeating The Organised Pogrom of Nazi RSS/BJP
It is clear that despite the state power backing the RSS/BJP instigated rioters, the intensity of the violence and its spread is curbed by the combined forces of anti-Brahmin camps. This is perhaps…
Does The Buddha Have A Social Message?
The following excerpt is from Buddha and His Dhamma (part 3) book by Babasaheb Ambedkar.
1. “What are the teachings of the Buddha?”
2. This is a question on which no two followers of the Budd…
How Brahmins Are Inciting Dalits Against Muslims On Social Media
“If Hindu Raj does become a fact, it will, no doubt be the greatest calamity for this country. No matter what the Hindus say, Hinduism is a menace to liberty, equality and fraternity. It is incompa…