For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Ambedkar Memorial Lecture – 2013 On ‘Exhumation of Society and Culture in Ancient India’ Speaker: Prof. Nandu Ram (Former Dean, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University) 13th January, Sunday, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Convention Centre, Naoroji Campus, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar had a deep sense of …
[Via Anji Vikarabad] On December 25th, 2012, students in University of Hyderabad, led by the Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA), burnt a copy of the Manusmriti in the campus, which they called the ‘most notorious’, ‘barbaric’ religious text ever produced. 25th December is an auspicious day in the history of Dalitbahujan struggles because it was on …
Dalit-Bahujan Scholars The Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad, Prof. Ramakrishna Ramaswamy has signed and forwarded the “expert” recommendations – that tacitly fiddles with the existing norms governing the recruitment and promotion policies of faculty in the Department of Communication, S.N. School – to the UGC. These suggestions, when passed by the UGC and if …
[Via Ravi Chandran] On December 26, 2012, Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam will join hands with all other like minded progressive organizations who are concerned about annihilating caste, and agitate by burning down the Manu Dharma Shastra. Statement by Kolathur Mani: For more than 2000 years, the brahminical Manu Dharma was the one that was controlling …
Condemn the attempt to sabotage UGC norms in faculty recruitment and promotion in Dept. of Communication, S.N.School, University of Hyderabad – Dalit-Bahujan Scholars, Hyderabad ~ Please sign this petition against the expert committee recommendations violating UGC norms in faculty recruitment and promotions at Dept. of Communication, S.N. School, University of Hyderabad, here at change.org. To …
[Via Shanker Sampangi] Telangana Students’ Association (TSA) and Dalit Information and Education Trust (DIET) Cordially invite you for a Talk on “African American and Dalit Studies: Reflection on life narratives” to be delivered by Dr. Chinnaiah Jangam (Assistant Professor, Department of History, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada) Venue: Conference Hall, Administrative Building, EFL-University, Hyderabad. On Friday, 14th December, 2012, at …
Demonstration Before Parliament For Reservation in Promotion To OBCs & Separate Ministry For OBCs [Via Ashok Yadav] On December 05, 2012, Wednesday, 10.00 am to 01.00 pm. Jantar Mantar, Parliament Street, New Delhi.
Dalit Sthree Sakthi, Andhra Pradesh, is organizing a Dalit Women and Children’s Rights Campaign (Hakkula Chaitanya Yatra) with a 80 member contingent for 10 days on the ‘Rights of Dalit Women and Girl Children’ starting from Ambedkar Statue, Tank Bund, Hyderabad, on 6th December and ends on 15th December at Lakshimpeta of Srikakulam District. During this …
[Via Satyashodhak Chhatrapati Dnyanpith] Prof. Shrawan Deore‘s new book ‘OBC nchya Sangharsh Wata‘ (‘Battle Streets of OBCs‘) shall be released: on 4th December, 2012, 3 p.m., at Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh, Azad Maidan, Opp. CST/ VT station, Mumbai. All are cordially invited.