Karnataka Elections, BSP and Dalits
Karnataka boasts of 23 percent population of Dalits, but the Dalit led party BSP could only win one seat and its percentage share is 0.04. The Dalit votes get divided not only in Karnataka but also…
Rape of Democracy – RSS/BJP’s Unholy Rule in Karnataka
Democracy is keeping India intact and as one nation. What is common between the person from the Tamil Nadu and the person from Uttar Pradesh is their being citizens of this country as granted by th…
Free Speech in the Ambedkarite Movement
The voice of dissent is as important as the voice of consent. The Ambedkarite movement is not a monotonous movement. It is spread across regions, linguistic landscapes, different caste configuratio…
गोरखपुर गगहा थाना क्षेत्र में पुलिस द्वारा दलितों के ऊपर गोलीबारी की कड़ी निंदा – रिहाई मंच
योगी सरकार में उत्तर प्रदेश की पुलिस रणवीर सेना की भूमिका निभा रही है – मंच
20 मई को गोरखपुर में होने वाले सम्मलेन में गगहा के दलितों का सवाल प्रमुख मुद्दा
रिहाई मंच का जाँच दल जल्द करेगा गोर…
Jesus’s Challenge to Brahminism
To me first encounter with Jesus was when I was maybe 7-8 years old. I remember receiving booklets on Jesus, in the early 1990s, from Christian missionaries in my village. I also remember, as a chi…
Why “Sakya” Nomenclature? The Power of Sakyan Identity
The British used “Depressed classes” as nomenclature for all Sakyans, the so-called untouchables in the pre-R.T.C. (Round Table Conference) period. But many members of the Sakyan community from al…
Babasaheb Ambedkar and Movement of Women
While studying at Columbia University, young Babasaheb wrote a letter back to Jamedar, in which, he is beseeched him to encourage education in the community. He stresses the importance of education…
Book Review : 1920 Mangaon Parishad – Anointment of the Emancipator
Get your copy of the book from here.
Pradnyawant Gautam and Praveen Gawali have written an excellent book titled above. The book is subtitled as “The Tale of Shahu Maharaj and Babasaheb Ambedkar…
सचिन वालिया को समर्पित कविता: सचिन की शहादत
सचिन की शहादत
भीड़ की शक्ल में
तुम कायर राजपूतों ने
छिपकर गोलियां चलाई
भीम आर्मी सचिन पर।
तुम बहुत मुग़ालते में हो,
तुम्हें लगा कि हम वीरान हो गए
आसमां से गिरकर समशान हो गए।
सचिन की शहादत इंक…
Gandhi – Ambedkar Correspondence That You Haven’t Read
DISCUSSION WITH B.R. AMBEDKAR
September 22, 1932
AMBEDKAR: We must accept that in the country there are two groups belonging to two different ideologies and act accordingly, and I should get …
Sharing Experiences and Building Bridges to Connect Marginalized
The remarkable social mobilization of SCs and STs on the 2nd April 2018 was historic. Never in the history of India, so many millions have risen together against the violation of their rights. Yet,…
Archaeology of Buddhism and Archaeology of Mind
Scores of books are written on the archaeology of mind from many perspectives. But one of the interesting perspectives that take into account the development of the tools by our ancestors and under…
The Cunning Casteism of ‘The Brahmin’
An invite came over my feed the other day.
“Please join us to celebrate the release of ‘THE BRAHMIN” a novel by Ravi Shankar Etteth over canapes, cocktails and kalaripayatu on Wednesday 10th May…
How To Deepen and Broaden The Ambedkarite Movement?
Most of the times when the Ambedkarite movements are discussed and debated, the focus turns the to reservation and it becomes the centre of discussion. It is true that the reservation as representa…
We Need Bhim Army in All the 6 Lakh Villages in India
Yesterday, an active member of Bhim Army was gunned down by the casteist thakurs in Saharanpur. Bhim Army led by Chandrashekhar Azad is just like the Black Panthers who come from the educated backg…