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[Poll] How do you rate the first year of Modi sarkar?
Before you vote, consider the attacks on the Dalits all over India, attacks on churches, rapes of Dalit women and attacks on the Muslim and other minority communities. Under BJP rule, Dalits were d…
20th May in Dalit History – Birth Anniversary of Iyothee Thass – Great Social reformer and Buddhist Scholar
Lest We forget – Iyothee Thass (1845 – 1914)
Introduction
Iyothee Thass was an intellectual and social critic of 19 – 20 century Tamilnadu. In the primordial collective consciousness of the Dravi…
The History of Reservation in India
Caste Based Reservation in India started in 2nd Century BC. In Manusmriti – the law book of Brahmins all the laws were based on Caste and no Merit was ever considered. It divided people into High a…
Dr. Ambedkar's rare letter to Prof. Seligman
Dr. Ambedkar’s rare letter to Prof. Seligman
10 King Henry’s Rd
Chalk Farm
London, N.W.3
16/2/22
My dear Prof. Seligman,
Having lost my manuscript of the original thesis when the steamer was torp…
PM Modi – Lord Buddha died when someone hit a nail on his ear!
Everyone knows that last year during election campaigns Modi had said Taxila was part of Bihar. But in reality, Taxila, which is in Pakistan, is nowhere near Bihar! Next in the election campaign Mo…
Buddha Jayanti and Its Political Significance – Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
“Buddha Jayanti and Its Political Significance” article was written by Dr. Ambedkar and was published in Janata in Marathi on 17th May 1941: BAWS, Vol. 20, pp. 327-335, translated by Mangesh Dahiwa…
Dr. Ambedkar said – Joining Congress will be Suicidal
Looking at the present situation, I will add few more parties and expand the list. Joining Congress, BJP, RSS, AAP and all Manuwadi parties is suicidal for Dalits.
Dalit History Month – Remembering Jogendra Nath Mandal
Today in Dalit History we focus on the powerful legacy of freedom fighter Jogendra Nath Mandal. His crucial role in the founding of India and Pakistan came from his strategic position as the sig…
Dalit History Month – Inspirational Living Smile Vidya
Today in Dalit History we honor the inspirational Living Smile Vidya. An activist, actress and author, Living Smile Vidya has transformed trans politics in India through the fearlessness of her wor…
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[Video] Prof. Gail Omvedt talks on Dr. B. R. Ambedkar's Legacy
Dalit History Month – Remembering Ayyankali
Today in Dalit History we honor Ayyankali, the Dalit firebrand in Kerala who fought Caste apartheid through innovation and resistance that inspires even till today. A contemporary of Ambedkar he wa…
Dalit History Month – Remembering Shantabai Krishnaji Kamble
Today’s #DalitHistory month we honor Shantabai Krishnaji Kamble, a Dalit woman writer and teacher. Autobiography is a key form of Dalit literature as we were locked out of many of our larger cultur…
Dalit History Month – Remembering Purna Malavath and Anand Kumar
Today in Dalit History we focus on Purna Malavath, an Adivasi girl from Telangana, and Anand Kumar, a Dalit boy from Khammam, who in a historic feat for Indian mountaineering became two of the youn…
Dalit History Month – Remembering "Adi Movements"
Today’s Dalit History month post is on the Adi-movements of the 1920’s. For Dalit history, ‘Adi’ ideologies are highly significant as they bear testament to our earliest assertion of equal rights…
Dalit History Month – Remembering Shri Guru Ravidas Ji
Today’s Dalit History post focuses on Guru Ravidass. He represents one of many Dalit saints within our liberatory spiritual traditions who challenge Hinduism and its painful notions of polluti…