For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Rahul Kumar Gautam On February 27, a horrible incident took place in Silaibada village in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur district. The Jatav community had put up a board that was painted with Dr. Ambedkar’s portrait. The UP police, led by the deputy collector, went with a JCB to uproot the board. The Jatav community opposed the …
Anvesh Baki & Ashok Danavath Historically, federalism in India has suffered at the hands of national parties, especially when they got a comfortable majority in the parliament. The incumbent party at the center, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and its opposition party at the center, the Indian National Congress (INC)—both have their fair share in …
Vinayak Kale In 2021, the Supreme Court of India, drawing on the Indra Sawhney case, invalidated the Maratha reservation. The court had held that the classification of Marathas as a socially and educationally backward class was unreasonable. After that, demand for reservation in both government employment and educational opportunities geared up in Maharashtra. A notable …
Kranthi Kumar Mungamuri అగ్రకుల మతోన్మాదులు మీ ఒంటి మీద మిగిల్చిన కుల వ్యతిరేక గుర్తులను చూపించండి…. వచ్చి ఈ… ప్రపంచానికి చెప్పండి వచ్చి ఈ… అణగారిన ప్రపంచ సమాజానికి చెప్పండి… వచ్చి ఈ… అణగద్రోక్కుతున్న మనువాద నవతరానికి చెప్పండి… ఈచోటనే… మా నాలుకలని తెగ్గోసారని ! అది బహుజన విముక్తి నినాదాలను పలుకుతుందని ! ఈ చోటనే… మాసెవుల్లో సిసాన్ని పోసారని ! మీ …
Rahul Sonpimple The post-Ambedkar Dalit discourse can be broadly outlined through three key developments in the Dalit movement: 1) the struggle for constitutional rights, 2) the mission for political autonomy, and 3) the quest for alternative culture through Ambedkar’s Buddhism. While mainstream Dalit politics has largely remained fragmented, there is noticeable strengthening in both non-political …
Review of Episode ‘Untouchability: A life of humiliation’ on television show ‘Satyamev Jayate’, S1/ Episode 10 (Broadcast on 8th July 2012) Nilkamal Chauhan I watched these videos, which are about caste discrimination, on May 18, 2020. In this video, we can see three different case studies. I listened to them again and again because they …
Samyak Samudre Introduction The most common form of government is democracy. What does it mean? Usually, people believe democracy is a system of government or a government chosen by the people. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution and the first Law Minister of independent India, believed in democracy. But what was his …
Iniyavan M & Lalitha M “Those responsible for implementing the policy of Reservation must undoubtedly understand that “Reservation is neither a policy matter, a political gimmick nor a matter of Charity. It is a Constitutional Obligation” – Dr B. R Ambedkar In the line of policies aimed at systematic and sustained remoulding of the reservation policy …
“I am ready to go. I have no fear.”— Chhatrapati Shahu (A reply to Abhinav Chandrachud regarding the chapter on Chhatrapati Shahu in his book ‘These seats are reserved’. ) Dr. Bhushan Amol Darkase “In fact, there is evidence that the British might have provoked Shahu to take strong actions against the Brahmins in Kolhapur …