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Reservation is the Public Policy to Make India Democratic
The way we define something changes the way we perceive something. We try to define something based on the interest of our own and the group that we come from. The clashes of definitions create con…
Mother, Manu and Poverty
Mother, Manu and Poverty article was written some time back in the wake of RSS Chief Bhagwat’s remarks on the Mother Teressa.
When Mohan Bhagwat, Chief of RSS said ‘Mother Teresa’s service may h…
Some photos on caste, reservation, cricket, religion, equality and more!
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Basis and Significance of Reservation
In the recent debates on a reservation some people have suggested that let us now give reservation to so-called upper castes according to the percentage of their population. I do not agree with thi…
Reservation – 10 Questions And Answers That You Should Read
Read it in Hindi from – आरक्षण – 10 सवाल और जवाब जो आपको पढ़ने चाहिए
Q 1: What is a reservation?
The word reservation is a misnomer. The appropriate word for it used in the Indian Constitution is …
Conference on Caste & Development at London on 5th September
In South Asia poverty persists alongside growing wealth. A disproportionate number of those in extreme poverty are Dalits. Poverty, inequality and caste are deeply enmeshed, yet there is little…
Jai Bhim Comrade – Documentary
Jai Bhim Comrade, shot over 14 years, follows the music of protest of Maharashtra’s dalits. India’s Dalit (oppressed) castes were abhorred as “untouchables”. It captures the brutal reality of oppre…
Stop trying to be a DOWRY slave
Almost everyone is talking about new T.V. serial ‘Satyamev Jayate’, Aamir Khan and dowry system. Though I have not seen a single episode of this serial but I think I am somehow connected with the d…
“I Have a Dream” for Dalits of India
There is no nation of Indians in the real sense of the world; it is yet to be created. In believing we are a nation, we are cherishing a great delusion. How can people divided into thousand of cast…
22 Vows Administered by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
22 Vows administered by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
on 14th Oct. 1956 at
Diksha Bhoomi, Nagpur (India)
Dr B R Ambedkar
1. I shall not consider Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh as God nor shall I…