Round Table India We publish here an excerpt from the newly released collection of poetry by Yogesh Maitreya titled The Bridge of Migration. Following is the introduction by Kuffir, Editor of Round Table India, featured in this book of powerful series of poems. ~ we must fill blood in our pensinstead of ink, and write …
How People Revered Babasaheb Ambedkar
Sandeep Chavan Jai Bhim All, My sincere salutes, respects and tributes to Parampujya Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on the occasion of 126th birth anniversary of Babasaheb! As you are aware, there are several things that Babasaheb has done for us and our country in spite of great challenges he faced in his life. Today, I …
The Betrayal of Ambedkar and Dalits
Raju Chalwadi There has been a race among the ruling class and especially among the ruling political class to project itself as true Ambedkarites or Ambedkar Bhakts, but will it dare to follow a single path shown by him….. Because, then there will not be a change in society but a change of society. …
Kishori Amonkar: Assertion, Erasure, Reclamation
Rohan Arthur Hindustani vocalist Kishori Amonkar passed away on 3rd April, 2017. Kishori Amonkar is remembered for her contribution to Hindustani classical music, and her passing was mourned in popular news media as a great loss to the music community. This article is not about the musicality and vocal abilities of Kishori: there are …
On Making a Documentary Film about Bhima Koregaon
Somnath Waghamare Dear friends, Jai Bhim. Finally, my documentary film on Bhima Koregaon has been completed with your kind support. In the last six months of my filmmaking journey, I have had a lot of good and bad experiences. A lot of friends on Facebook and elsewhere ask me one question: why am I …
UP में गाय माता तो सुरक्षित है लेकिन दलित माताओं का क्या…?
शोभना स्मृति एवं कुलदीप कुमार बौद्ध भारत को आजाद हुए 70 साल बीत गए लेकिन हमारी दलित बहनों को आजादी कब मिलेगी आखिर कब तब तक हमारी दलित महिलाये, जाति उत्पीडन की शिकार होती रहेंगी, आज हमारी बहाने अपने गावं गावं में प्रताड़ना को झेलते हुए जिस प्रकार से संघर्ष कर रही है किसी ने …
Affirmative Action & The Concept of Merit: An Indian Experience
Raju Chalwadi Affirmative action and Merit are two concepts on which every Indian has an opinion, especially, the former. Affirmative action policy is always seen in a negative light because of the ambiguity regarding the rationale for such a policy and its effect on social relations. And the term merit in the Indian context …
राजस्थान में दलित महिला आंदोलन के नेतत्व व् न्याय प्रणाली की हकीकत पर एक नजर
सुमन देवाठीया मै किसी समुदाय की प्रगति हासिल की है, उससे मापता हु l~ डा0 भीमराव अम्बेडकर (बाबा साहब ) जैसा की भारत देश में व्याप्त वर्ण व् जाति व्यवस्था की वजह से दलित आये दिन अत्याचारों व् हिंसाओं का सामना कर रहे है l इसी के साथ जंहा कही भी इसी व्यवस्था के खिलाफ …
Being Queer in Casteist India
Manish Gautam Queer “signifies lives which challenge the heterosexual norm”, and the heterosexual norm means “the only valid way of sexually/romantically relating to one another is within the framework of either marriage or heterosexual relationship” [1]. Here queer is posed in opposition to heterosexuality or heteronormativity, and it has been attempted to present a …