Perspective
Analyzing the ‘OBC-Minority’ Sub-Quota--Part II
Khalid Anis Ansari Continued from here. [II] The Muslim Quota Debate The recent lower caste movements within the non-Hindu religions like Islam, Christianity and Sikhism have foregrounded the presence of caste-based differentiation and discrimination within these communities in the public sphere. As far as the Muslims are concerned the caste cleavages within them were duly recognized by the Sachar Committee Report when it remarked quite unambiguously: 'Thus, one can discern three groups among Muslims:...
Read more'I Have a Dream' for Dalits of India
Pardeep Attri (Pardeep had penned down this inspiring dream for the new year, but it is equally appropriate for the Republic Day-- Round Table 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 castes be a nation? The sooner we realize that...
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Khalid Anis Ansari [I] The recent announcement of a 4.5% sub-quota for backward sections within minorities in the overall Central OBC quota by the UPA government on 22nd December, 2011 in the wake of elections in five states, including the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, has drawn in a number of reactions, some valid and others not. Even though the media has often presented the sub-quota as one for the Minorities, or...
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More protests over defiling of Ambedkar statue
Gujarat dalits refuse to shift youth’s body from police station
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Thought
More than leaders, voters need to mend their ways Dr. Udit Raj
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Feature
| Analyzing the ‘OBC-Minority’ Sub-Quota--Part II Khalid Anis Ansari Continued from here. [II] The Muslim Quota Debate The recent lower caste movements within the non-Hindu religions like Islam, Christianity and Sikhism have foregrounded the pr [ ... ] |
The Shared Mirror
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Educate, Agitate, Organize
| The return to Muthanga C.K Janu and M. Geethanandan (Written in May 2003) The Adivasi decision is to return to Muthanga. The Adivasis had become victims of untold brutalities. Yet there is no other way but to return. An [ ... ] |
Opinion
A woman leads her Adivasi community, setting an example for all leaders Stella Paul With her dread locks, the faded sari and her dusty feet with cracked heels, 56-year old Sukhantibai of Handitola village in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district looks like yet another po [ ... ] |
Gender
Like a falcon in the skies Karukku enabled me to build my confidence and hope, Bama Faustina tells Tulsi Badrinath. Excerpts from a conversation. In Karukku you described yourself thus 'I am like a bird whose wings were broken [ ... ] |
Policy
| Please Sign Petition to Install Dr .B.R. Ambedkar portraits in all Courts and all Police Stations in India Please sign the following petition at the ipetitions site, here. ~~~~~ To Mr. Salman Khurshid Minister of Law and Justice, 4th Floor, A-Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001 Subject: Instal [ ... ] |
Atrocities
| Continued desecration of Ambedkar statues in Andhra Pradesh Appeal from National Dalit Forum Please write to the addressed authorities by fax, post, or by email, in the format suggested below. Please also talk to them by phone (numbers are listed alongside ea [ ... ] |
Research
| Alienation, consciousness and assertion: an interpretation of Oriya Dalit narrative by Raj Kumar
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Dalitbahujan Renaissance
I, E.V. Ramaswamy
[On the occasion of Periyar's death anniversary (24th December), we remember him through some select quotes from his speeches and writings-- Round Table India] 'I, E.V. Ramaswamy, have taken upon myself the task of reforming Dravidian Society so that it shall...
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Religion: Untouchable Lincoln
"Hinduism is not a religion; it is a disease." One of the few men who have risen from the malodorous sink which is below the lowest caste of India is Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, No. 1 Untouchable. This plump, cheery, bespectacled...
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The Self-creation of the Brahmans
Gail Omvedt [An excerpt from the chapter 'The Background to Buddhism' in her book, 'Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste'] Indian Brahmans as they have evolved over the centuries represent one of the most unique elites thatn any society has produced....
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