How Culture Creates the Caste
The great semiotics of our times, Umberto Eco, wrote an important paper in Italian in 1996 titled ‘How Culture Colors the Way We See’. This paper examines how the culture creates the colors we see….
No, Mr Shivam, Mayawati Should NOT Give Up Her PM Ambitions
In his latest article on ThePrint, Shivam Vij is saying Mayawati should give up her prime ministerial ambitions and her best place is a sutradhar (someone who strings together these disparate beads…
Prince and Outcast at Dinner in London End Age-Old Barrier
Gaekwar of Baroda is Host to ‘Untouchable’ and Knight of High Hindu Caste.
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SCHOLAR WARS ON STIGMA
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Dr. Ambedkar Leads Fight to Free 43,000,000 in India From Ancient Fette…
Violence of the State is the Antithesis of Democracy #SterliteProtest
Why is it wrong to kill protesting people?
In Tamil Nadu, at least 12 people died after the police (and some sources claim that sharpshooters) opened fire on the protesters for closing the smelt…
Honouring Our Ancestors – Bhagya Reddy Varma
Bhagya Reddy Varma was among the first few leaders from the untouchable castes to raise the voice of dissent as well to serve the society by any means possible and available. Before Babasaheb Ambed…
Politics in Democracy
In India, the Brahminical system is always trying to create the bipolarity in politics, the voters have either this or that choice. They do not have a plethora of choices to choose from, at least a…
Away from Brahminical Hinduism: Ayya Sect of Tamil Nadu Demands Separate Status
In India, there are many panths and sampradaya. Most of them are very different from each other and they at many times do not hold anything in common. For example, there are so many saints in India…
Replacing Babasaheb Ambedkar with Deendayal Upadhyay Shows BJP’s Hatred Toward Babasaheb Ambedkar
The RSS/BJP Government in UP is bullish on pushing Deendayal Upadhyay, the founder of the party organization for the RSS. His birth anniversary was celebrated with much pomp by the Union government…
Aims and Objects of the Republican Party of India – As Envisioned by Babasaheb Ambedkar
The Preamble to the Constitution of India says— WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:
JUST…
Post Vienna Scenario – Dalits in Punjab
Everybody now knows what happened in Vienna and its aftermath in Punjab. But we were not very clear about the reasons. The picture presented by the Brahmin-Bania media is of internal rivalry an…
22nd May (1987) – Remembering Hashimpura Massacre
22nd May (1987) brings bitter memories when Hashimpura massacre took place where 42 innocent Muslim youths were killed by Indian armed forces and no justice was ever delivered. Hashimpura became re…
शहीद उधम सिंह – ‘मुझे मृत्यु का डर नहीं, मैं अपने देश के लिए मर रहा हूं’
कुछ समय पहले भारत देश गुलामी की जंजीरों में जकड़ा हुआ था, समय-समय पर अनेकों क्रान्तिवीरों ने देश को आजाद करवाने के लिए अपनी जान की बाजी लगा दी। भारत भूमि सच्चे वीरों की भूमि है। देश में भगत सिंह, सु…
Religion and Priest Be Brought Under Proper Control – Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
While at Belgaum I heard of the movement started by some of the Parsis in Bombay to found an association, the prime object of which shall be the abolition of priesthood as a caste. The object of su…
Buddha was the Greatest Opponent of Chaturvarna – Dr. Ambedkar
The point of contrast (between Hinduism and Buddhism) lies in the fact that the official gospel of Hinduism is inequality. The doctrine of Chaturvarna is the concrete embodiment of this gospel of i…
प्रतिक्रांति की दार्शनिक पुष्टि : कृष्ण और उनकी गीता – बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर की कलम से
प्राचीन भारत के साहित्य में भगवद्गीता का क्या स्थान है? क्या यह हिंदू धर्म का उसी प्रकार का एक धर्मग्रंथ हैं, जिस प्रकार ईसाई धर्म की बाइबिल है। हिंदू इसे अपना धर्मग्रंथ मानते हैं। अगर यह धर्मग्रंथ…