For An Informed Ambedkar Age
AIISCA Statement on the Defeat of Ambedkarite Dalit Parties in the 2024 General Elections Alongside economic injustice, unemployment, and the conventional Hindu-Muslim binary, the 2024 general elections were primarily fought around the ‘Social Justice’ narrative. The opposition alliance (INDIA alliance) led by Congress campaigned on the narrative that “if the BJP came to power with …
Nikhil Bagade Jai Bhim! Namo Buddhay! Couple of years ago, when I came across the work of Syamsundar Vunnamati, I was quite inspired by his work of digging up cartoons and news articles about Dr. Ambedkar to present us the context of his struggle amidst the Brahminical media. It got me thinking how foreign news …
Pranav Jeevan P There is a popular myth that technology is neutral, but in reality, technology reinforces the hierarchical and exploitative power relations of the societies that create and use it. Throughout history, technological advancements have been deeply intertwined with acts of genocide, apartheid, and the exploitation of people. From the colonial era, where technological …
Sree Govind Bharatvaraj In the recent past, the popular filmmaker Ranjith has been overtly criticized as an anti-Periyarist and a Hindutva supporter by Dravidian intellectuals and Periyarists. Starting from senior intellectuals like Suba Veerapandian to young Periyarists, this criticism is framed around Ranjith. But how far this argument is true is a serious one that …
Book Review: “Babasaheb My Life with Dr. Ambedkar” by Dr. Savita Ambedkar translated from the Marathi by Nadeem Khan Rajesh Chandra Kumar & Vinay Damodar Dr. Savita Ambedkar, formerly known as Dr. Sharada Kabir, was born into a middle-class Saraswat Brahmin family and met Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar while he was a patient suffering from a …
Chanchal Kumar Leaving Delhi. Won’t start by saying it was bad. It was good, in that I survived. Delhi is like a festering wound that stops to plug. Every time I have to visit it, I hope it will be better than the last time. But no. Anyway, Delhi could be slightly better if: Water …
Tripak Horse blinkers ‘Walk with horse blinkers’, advised my forty year old father out of his tobacco filled mouth, rotten teeth showing, from the gap of two lips. While removing my blood stained , white school uniform, on a rainy evening of shravan, when I came back from the school, breaking the skull of …
Sanjukta Bhowal Stalwarts of the BJP regime, typically Savarnas, vouch for the idyllic, model like qualities of the city of Vadodara and its sister cities in the state – Ahmedabad, Surat amongst others. Undeniably it is an idyllic city, but only for UCs who seek the comfort of its refuge. The Prime Minister often claims …
Round Table India Maruthi N is pursuing BA, LLB in Bhaskar Law College, Moinabad, Telangana. He is a Dalit student belonging to a Scheduled Caste. Due to financial constraints he is being deprived of an opportunity of becoming a law graduate which he had secured through long years of hard work. Our humble request is …