For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Vinay Damodar and Rajesh Chandra Kumar A lot of opinions have already come to the public domain on the recent Supreme Court Judgement on reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections i.e. 103rd Constitutional Amendment. We have not focused deeply on EWS specifically in this article, but tried to look at some consequences of this verdict …
Sumeet Samos In the early 1990s, at the peak of Ram Janma Bhoomi movement and decline of Congress in various states, a new brand of politics from among the Backward Classes and Dalits took the centre stage which we interchangeably refer to as Mandal or social justice politics. This brand was not a homogenous group …
Vinay Damodar & Jayram Waghchaure Labor plays an important role in the socio-economic development of a country. 52.01 Crore (2017) people in the Indian population belong to the working class or workforce. Of this, 61.5 % population is directly dependent on agriculture. In India, 93% of the workforce works in the informal economy, while 7 …
Rakhee Naiding Abstract The film Semkhor from Assam, which recently won the Best Dimasa Language Film Award at the 68th National Awards in July 2022, has received backlash from the Dimasa community on which it is based. The film has kicked up a storm in the state, with demands rising for banning the film from …
Arunabh Konwar (This is not a historical observation, just extrapolations on personal experiences and observations.) Over the last couple of years, because of my own limited apparent proximity to some manifestations of the anti-caste movement in university politics in the mainland, I have often felt at loggerheads as to how to identify myself in this …
Dr Jas Simran Kehal It is said that if we can learn from our mistakes and not let them rob us of our boldness or hope, then we can grow. It was perhaps this boldness which emboldened Dr B R Ambedkar to vigorously pursue the cause of real political representation of the depressed classes after …
Gurinder Azad If anyone has left a rich legacy of aggressively challenging Brahmanism, it is our own Periyar. His full name was Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy Nayakar. Periyar means ‘great man’. Bahujan youth today express their aggression and restlessness against the Brahmanical system by sharing quotes of Periyar on social media, and strive to advance the …
Meera and Pranav Jeevan P ‘Mukkuva’ denotes ‘fisherman’ caste in Kerala, considered among Other Backward Castes (OBC) in the National list and Other Eligible Castes (OEC) in the State List. Most of this community is limited to coastal areas of the state, and engage in the occupation of fishing. Here, it was caste that determined …
Bobby Kunhu Many of us aren’t grieving a head of state, but rather grieving truth as we watch history be rewritten right before our eyes. – Brea Baker I bear no ill will towards Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, known as Queen Elizabeth II, the ruler of 15 sovereign nations at the time of her death as …