Predicting the Past
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a very learned social crusader. Widely read in history, culture, religion, economy, law and jurisprudence; realised very early in his career that distortion of religion …
Baba Saheb Ambedkar, SCs & STs and Railways
Ambedkar, Dr Ambedkar – Yes, Dr Ambedkar for the World, Baba Saheb for the Nation, Messiah for SC&ST Dalits – is still called the Leader of the Dalits, Leader of only the SC&ST Dalits. For some, he…
आंबेडकर बनाम हेडगेवार: जाति विनाश बनाम समरस एकात्मवाद
दिलीप मंडल
पुणे के पास भीमा कोरेगांव में दलितों के सालाना जमावड़े पर हमले और उसके बाद के आंदोलन से संघ यानी आरएसएस चिंतित है. मध्य प्रदेश के विदिशा में चल रही संघ के मध्य क्षेत्र की समन्वय बैठक …
Unconscionable – Caste Prejudice in India
In the last week’s edition of the Economist, there is an article on Caste Prejudice in India. The article is focused on the Dalits and the subtext of the article is: Dalits are better off than they…
Cess pe Cess, Hitting the SCs/STs and Creating Wealth Out of Cow Dung – Summary of Budget 2018
The budget 2018 is the last full budget of the RSS/BJP Government and it is reckless on many accounts, but on one account it is irresponsible is shifting the burden of its mindless spending on thos…
Why Policy Analysis is a Crucial Aspect of the Social and Political Movement?
In the democratic political system, either we work as the government or with the government if there has to be any significant change in the lives of the people through state intervention. If the p…
Manu Rules RSS’s Heart
During the year 1949, when the Constitution of India was being formulated by the Drafting Assembly under the able-leadership of Babasaheb Ambedkar, an editorial appeared in RSS mouthpiece Organiser…
Dr. Ambedkar and Democracy – An Anthology
Jaffrelot and Narender Kumar edited select passages from the vast ocean of Ambedkariana that relates to Dr. Ambedkar’s thoughts on Democracy. It is a useful addition to the corpus of the literature…
Brahmanism is An Inhuman Barbarian System
Brahmanism is an inhuman barbarian system, simply offending basic manners for another individual except its own clan, carefully designed on purpose in the most evil way possible, toxically designed…
Personal Experiences and Views on Surnames
Many individuals feel proud to tell their name if it has Surname. This is mainly because Surname talks of their caste. However, this holds good if the person belongs to the so-called higher caste. …
African Americans and Dalits
Written on January 29, 2013
Gerald Horne’s End of Empires: African Americans and India published in 2008 and Nico Slate’s Colored Cosmopolitanism: the shared struggle for freedom in the United S…
Kasganj – Is it the beginning of the riots season by the RSS/BJP?
Who benefits from the riots in India? This question is answered by the well-known study of a leading university. The fundamentalists RSS/BJP is the answer to this question. The Hindu-Muslim polaris…
Unprecedented Sexual Violence in 1984
Genocides may vary in magnitude and scale but one thing that remains common is the vulnerability of women and children to sexual violence and 1984 Sikh genocide was no different on that. 1984 India…
India’s Economic Situation 2017-18 – Survey or Whitewash
When the Indian Union Government is preparing its last full budget presented on 1st February 2018, the stock exchange is hitting the skies and this spike in the indices is difficult to understand. …
India’s Missing Middle Class – India’s Growth Story is the Fiction of Casteist Mind
India’s missing middle class and its connection with the caste system in India: India’s growth story is the fiction of casteist mind
In the recent edition of the Economist, the cover story is In…