[Organized by The Patna Collective] Venue: Conference Room No. 1 (Main Building), India International Centre, New Delhi December 1-2, 2012. Conference ScheduleSATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 (DAY ONE)9:00 am: Opening Session Registration Welcome and Introduction by The Patna Collective Conversation One—Caste and Islam: Conceptual Approaches in Social Sciences Prof. Imtiaz Ahmad, Formerly Professor of Political …
Dharmapuri Burning: Letter to National Television Channels
Please send the letter posted below to all the National Television Channels mentioned (by inserting your name in the place of the sender) and share and circulate it widely. [Via P. Dayanandan] ~~ To: Times of India, vivek.narayan@timesgroup.com; info@timesnow.tv; CNN-IBN, editor@ibnlive.com; Headlines Today, info@aajtak.com; NDTV, feedback@ndtv.com; CC to: Justice Markandey Katju; justicekatju@gmail.com Dear Sirs, We are writing to you …
Chalo Delhi: Dalit-Adivasi Sammelan
Chalo Delhi: Dalit-Adivasi Sammelan [Via Asha Kowtal & Abhay Xaxa] On 23rd November, 2012, From 9 a.m., till 3 p.m. Nation-wide campaign to give a call to end Untouchability and Atrocities by enforcement and amendments to SC/ST PoA Act. Ramleela MaidanNew Delhi, India 110006
Dalit Women Elected Representatives: Towards Greater Assertion and Power
[Via Asha Kowtal] From Sunday, from 12:00 p.m., until Tuesday, 3:00 p.m. A series of programmes are being organized by All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) in association with National Mission on Empowerment of Women (NMEW), with the aim of promoting Dalit women’s leadership to effectively engage in political spheres in conjunction with her …
The ‘Myth’ in Mythology
Twish Mukherjee (This guest article tries to understand the protests by Bahujan students in JNU and other universities over Durga Puja and the demonizing of Mahisha and other Dalitbahujan personalities in Brahmanic mythology. These protests picked up steam around a year ago in JNU, and this article in Round Table India had covered the protests …
Subaltern Response to the Brahminic Trap: EFL- U Election Context
(The Struggle Committee for the Abolition of Lyngdoh Committee Recommendations in English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, puts forward its response to the postponement of elections in the university. Kotesh Devulapally has composed it) We condemn both the postponement along with the entire election process right from the constitution of the EC to the announcement …
Dalit Graduation Celebration at Cheyur, Kanchi district
Dalit Graduation Celebration 10th November, 2012, at Cheyyur, Kanchi District [Via Paulraj Dayanandan] THUDI has organized four Dalit Graduation Celebrations since 2009. More than 500 people from all over India gathered at Chennai to felicitate 100 first generation college graduates and 200 school students and honor five outstanding Dalit achievers. Right Livelihood Award recipient Dr. …
The Political Institutionalised: An Approach to the Study of the State
Talk on ‘The Political Institutionalised: An Approach to the Study of the State in India’ By Prof. G. Aloysius On October 31st, Wednesday, 3:00 p.m., Classroom #2, First floor, NAB, EFL-University, Hyderabad Department of Cultural Studies, EFL University ~
3D STEREO CASTE
[Via buddhaneversleeps] ‘3D STEREO CASTE’ is a documentary series by A S Ajith Kumar that would try to capture caste in the music sphere. The attempt would be to understand how caste plays a key role in determining the practices in music, defining and classifying music styles and in determining music making, performance and listening …