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Can Communism and Democracy Work Together? – Dr Ambedkar’s Views
Communism is like a forest fire, it goes on burning and consuming anything and everything that comes in its way.
The above sentence was used by Babasaheb, he says the greatest problem in interna…
Qualification of Priests at Temples – Brahmins, Fat Tummies & Capacity to Eat 100s of Halwa-Puri?
It is no surprise that the only qualification required to become priests in Brahmin temples in India is to born into a Brahmin family. No one from so-called lower castes is allowed to become priest…
Need To Create an Alternate Mulnivasi-Bahujan Culture
“The history of India is nothing but a history of a mortal conflict between Buddhism and Brahminism”- Dr. B R Ambedkar
This statement of Babasaheb Ambedkar has far wider connotation than just sign…
How OBC Leaders Can End the Supremacy of the Brahmins
Lalu Prasad Yadav, in e recent interview with the Economic Times, claimed that the RSS/BJP are working on the Golwalkar’s idea of Brahmanised Hindu India. He asserted that the RSS/BJP does not beli…
Dr Ambedkar Jayanti Celebrated at United Nations
When 75 year old Champabai, a Dalit, illiterate women, who worked 18 hours a day and earn less than a one dollar, but still send her kid to Harvard & University of Pennsylvania, mother of five kids…
Foundation For Human Horizon – End Caste Discrimination by 2030: A Call of Action to United Nations
In the 1940s, Dr. Ambedkar contacted Du Bois to inquire about the National Negro Congress petition to the U.N., which attempted to secure minority rights through the U.N. council. In a letter dated…
Dalits – Mystery and History of Merit!
The increasing number of youths from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes are breaking the glass ceiling imposed by the Brahminical Hinduism. They are not just excelling in academics, but are excel…
Brahminical Media Loves Dalit Students Committing Suicide, Not Dalit Toppers
On 27th April 2017, CBSE declared the results for the IIT Mains and Dalit boy Kalpit Veerwal was declared topper. Dalit, Kalpit Veerwal, topped IIT Mains with a perfect score – 360/360! What merit …
Dalit History Month – Eklavya and the Adivasi-Dalit Rejection of Brahminism
The myth of Eklavya is taken by many in the Adivasi and Dalit communities as an example of the social havoc Brahminism attempts to wreak. In the Mahabarata, Eklavya is written as a tribal (Nishada)…
Support Blossom Projects – Empower Young Dalit Women as Social Entrepreneurs
Blossom is an educational residence for girls who have dropped out of school in Kerala, where they can continue their academic study and develop confidence. Our curriculum emphasizes communicative …
Dalit History Month – Revisiting Dalits’ Conversion to Islam in Tamil Nadu
Today in Dalit History, we revisit Meenakshipuram, Tamil Nadu, in 1981, which saw almost a 1000 Dalits, convert en masse to Islam.
Dalits in these areas were largely landless agricultural labour…
Depiction of Cultural Politics of Caste
This Paper is an attempt to look closely at the prose work of V.T. Rajshekar, Aggression on Indian Culture, to see how the writer mobilizes his languages and social analysis to locate the instances…
Upcoming Karnataka Elections and Dalits
Karnataka is an interesting state in terms of political shifts. It also sees many politicians crossing party lines frequently. The present CM of Karnataka is one such example. And recently an ex-CM…
Is Gandhi a Mahatma? – What Dr Ambedkar Said
Is Gandhi a Mahatma? I am sick of this question. There are two reasons why this question annoys me. Firstly, I hate all the Mahatmas and firmly believe that they should be done away with. I am of t…
Dalit History Month – Remembering Rich Traditions of Dalit spirituality – Ad-Dharm
Today in Dalit History, we celebrate one of the many rich traditions of Dalit spirituality- Ad-Dharm.
The Ad-Dharm movement was founded by Mangoo Ram Mugowalia. Born in Punjab in 1886, Mugowalia i…