For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Atul Anand When a testimony of Sunita Manjule appeared on an English news portal in the first week of June[1] about domestic violence and abuses by her ex-husband Nagraj Manjule, it shocked a lot of people. I was one of the people who believed there would be a huge backlash in media against Nagraj …
Saroj Kumar On the night of March 3, 2016, after his release, JNU Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar made an impressive speech. The nation loves speeches, the people had also liked Modi’s speeches in the past. Kanhaiya’s speech was not only telecast on TV channels but it was the lead news for newspapers the …
Atul Anand New Delhi. On Monday, February 29, the National President of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Member of Parliament and ex-Chief Minister Ms. Mayawati had a meeting with the grieving family of the scholar Rohith Vemula. A press release in Hindi was issued in this regard by the Central Office of BSP, New Delhi. …
30/10/2015 ‘Caste on the Menu Card‘ (2014) is a 21 min long documentary film made by 5 students of School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, as part of their coursework. It was to be screened on 31st October during the 12th Jeevika Asia Livelihood Documentary Film Festival, …
Yogita Naruka Review: Caste on the Menu Card (2014) | 21 min The documentary film Caste on the Menu Card (2014) starts with the embeddedness and pervasiveness of caste in social life. At the outset, I feel it is important to highlight that the documentary film is significant not just because it revolves around …
(Translated from a Navbharat Times news report in Hindi into English by Atul Anand. The original Hindi text of the report follows the translation) Bulandshahr (UP): Lala, a Dalit youth from Nagla Chona village in Gautam Buddhnagar, was hanged on Tuesday following the village panchayat’s order. Inder, the father of the deceased, alleges that …
Atul Anand The film ‘Revolver Rani’ is about a Chambal based female dacoit/politician Alka Singh (Kangna Ranaut). She takes up arms after her father is killed by his upper caste brethren. She dresses up like a cross between Michael Jackson and Phoolan Devi. Unlike Phoolan Devi she wasn’t compelled to take up arms because …