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How Does the Wheel of Hindutva Moves?
The way Hindutva (and hence Brahminism) is made to sustain and function is easy to understand: look down upon the Scheduled Castes, keep the tribals locked in the regional fights, Hate Muslims (and…
Modi’s ‘Ease of Living’ is Actually ‘Ease of Dying’
In a well-rehearsed interview to Times Now, Modi made many claims to the people of India. And he even boasted that he brought the inflation down and also Indian businesses on the track. And one of …
Why Fundamentalists All Over the World Hate Darwin?
The theory of evolution, and it is increasingly proved that it is not merely a theory, but the truth that underlines how life evolved, has been under attack from the fundamentalists all over the wo…
Savitribai Phule – An Ideal for Social Revolution
The much often quoted dictum of Babasaheb Ambedkar about women’s liberation is: I measure the progress of the community by the progress made by women in the community. In the patriarchal society of…
Murdering Democracy in India – RSS/BJP’s Clampdown on Buddhists in Maharashtra
The state has no authority over the people and the people are not the slaves to the state. If the state acts in a way that arrests the body of the people, the people have a right to ask why their b…
Editorials on Bhima Koregaon – Distorting the Realities
On 8th January 2018, two leading dailies Indian Express (henceforth Express) and the Times of India (henceforth Times) carried main editorials on Bhima Koregaon. They have come up with different an…
Caste of Music – Why Pa Ranjith is Right to launch “Casteless Collective”
Pa Ranjith is one of the leading filmmakers of India. His two movies created earthquakes in the Indian cinema: Madras and Kabali. He is a creative genius and a sensible fighter for the rights of th…
From the Hell of Caste to Human Liberation – Una and Bhima Koregaon
When the four youths were publicly flogged in Una for their alleged killing of a cow, the people who are degraded by the upper caste erupted with protests. The agitation in Gujarat reached all over…
Dr. Ambedkar took the vow for us, what was it?
“At present, I am the most hated man in Hindu India. I am presented as a traitor; I am denounced as an enemy of the Hindus, I am cursed as a destroyer of Hinduism, and branded as the greatest enemy…
Why is Non-Discrimination the Highest Principle?
In the beginning of the Buddha and His Dhamma, Babasaheb Ambedkar describes the qualities of young Siddhartha. One of those qualities of Siddhartha is his meditation to remove the line of discrimin…
200 Years of Battle of Bhima Koregaon
I have been visiting Bhima Koregaon regularly since last 10 years, but this year the crowd swelled to a massive number of people coming not only from Maharashtra but also from various parts of our …
एक अनोखा युद्ध – भीमा कोरेगांव
अधिकतर लोगों ने 300 फिल्म तो देखी ही होगी। लेकिन कभी अपने भारतीय इतिहास के ऐसे ही युद्ध के बारे मे पढ़ा है? दुनिया के इतिहास में ऐसा युद्ध ना कभी किसी ने पढ़ा होगा और ना ही सोचा होगा, जिसमें 28,000…
मुसलमानों की जनसभा, मुंबई, 22 दिसम्बर, 1951 के बाबासाहेब डॉ अंबेडकर के भाषण से उद्धृत
कांग्रेस ने मुस्लिमों के लिए क्या किया है? आप सोचते होंगे कि कांग्रेस ने सन् 1947 के दंगो में आपकी जान बचाई, पर यह बिल्कुल गलत है। क्योंकि कांग्रेसियों ने आपको शरण देने के बजाय अपने अपराधी तत्त्वों…
Crimes Against SCs and STs Have Increased 5.5% and 4.7% – NCRB Reports
There is not a single that when Dalits are not attacked by so-called upper castes. National Crime Records Bureau released Crime in India 2016 report on 30th November 2017 and as per the report crim…
What We Can Learn From Mahatma Jotiba Phule
In the history of modern India, Jotiba Phule is one of the brightest stars who guided India towards more equal and egalitarian society. He paved a way for emergence of the Civil rights movement in …