Chanchal Kumar In this technological age, we have to ask the question, Is it worth moving towards an Ambedkarism that is more rooted in our time, and embodies all the changes that the year 2023 has brought? There has been multiple covid waves, apart from a bunch of other international maladies, that have broken the …
Caste Hindu hypocrisy over the movie ‘Jai Bhim’
Kranthi Kumar Mungamuri Ever since the movie Jai Bhim was released, it has brought back the fundamental questions in intellectual circles and University student politics about the title ‘Jai Bhim’. Some people have come forward to support the title of the movie ‘Jai Bhim’ and the story as well. Others raised very valid points …
Investing in Payback
Dr. Sireesha Patibandla & Dr. Jas Simran Kehal Gurpreet (name changed), a Dalit girl from a poor family in Punjab scores more than 99% in class XII exams and a national daily catapults her into limelight. There is social media frenzy at her achievement and a lawyer from Delhi, acting as a Good Samaritan, channelizes …
Religion and other aspects of Feminism
Mook Nayak 2.0 Preliminary Observations A lot of debates are going on about Feminism, its origin and its ideals etc. It is said that the main objective of feminism is to promote equality between the sexes. For a moment, let’s leave the counter arguments made on feminism (1) and look at one profound link which …
Nidhin Shobhana: A scholar spreading Ambedkarite discourse through his drawings
Dr. Dhammasangini Ramagorakh Today, 5th September, is the birthday of Nidhin Shobhana. On this occasion, I want to introduce him to you. This guy is not on Facebook! He lives in Calcutta. In the defense of Ambedkarism, in ideological fights and battles, people like us have to write lengthy articles to argue but this …
Caste: The System of Injustice and Lunacy
Aishwarya KS Caste is a sharpened weapon which has the power to destroy the identity and dignity of an individual in India. Caste is a socially constructed reality. Dr BR Ambedkar has defined caste as a state of mind. It can control an individual’s mind and can make him inhumane in nature. This is exactly …
From Brahmanism to Ambedkarism: An Ongoing Ontological Expedition
Yashwant Zagade I was raised in the suburbs of Mumbai in the 90s, at a time when Hindutva politics reached its peak for the first time after independence. I still remember how this political atmosphere influenced my childhood — I grew up sloganeering “Tai, Mai-Aakka vichar kara pakka ani magach dhanushybaanavar mara shikka” (sister, …
आम आदमी पार्टी का क्षणिक चमत्कार और अंबेडकरवाद को मिलती धीमी बढ़त
Sanjay Jothe अभी भारत की राजनीति में जितने प्रयोग हो रहे हैं वे सब एक बड़े विस्तार में बहुत सारी संभवनाओं को खोल रहे हैं। कांग्रेस और बीजेपी की राजनीति से मोहभंग हो रहा है और नए मोह निर्मित हो रहे हैं। सबसे महत्वपूर्ण है AAP की सफलता जो एक शिक्षित और शहरी मध्यम …
Bahujan Students’ Front (BSF) on HCU Elections
Bahujan Students’ Front (BSF) The recently concluded HCUSU elections generated a lot of discussion and debate both in social media and offline as well. Innumerable questions were raised and allegations were made against the Bahujan Students’ Front-UoH in particular and United Front for Social Justice (UFSJ) in general. In this pamphlet, Bahujan Students’ Front …