Hemangi Kadlak This is a transcript of speech given at Bangalore. Today, I am going to talk about ‘Women in Phule-Ambedkarite ideology and its relevance to contemporary India’, from Buddha to Babasaheb and after. As male and female are biologically different and they are complementary to each other, both are very important for reproducing …
Muslims Became Brahmins – Article by Babasaheb, translated from Marathi
~This article had been originally published in the Mooknayak on 14th of February,1920. This is written by Dr.B.R.Ambedkar in Marathi. It is also there in Vol 19, Chapter 7 in Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches(BAWS).The article has been translated to English by Vinay Shende, who is an Ambedkarite working in the Corporate Sector. Any mistakes …
बाबासाहिब की विरासत
ललित कुमार (Lalit Kumar) भारत रत्न डा. भीमराव अम्बेडकर का एक प्रसिद्ध कथन है जिस तरह मनुष्य नश्वर हैं. उसी तरह विचार भी नश्वर हैं. एक विचार को प्रचार-प्रसार की ज़रुरत होती है, जैसे कि एक पौधे को पानी की. नहीं तो दोनों मुरझा कर मर जाते हैं.ये इस देश की और खास कर …
The difference in being a Babasaheb and a Pandit
Tejaswini Tabhane The following tweet has made all my nerves rebel. I am restless. I am constantly wondering what my identity is. I am not able to digest this hatred. I am surprised how anyone can carry so much hatred in their belly. Many Twitter users, just like me, saw that meme. They moved …
How can Babasaheb Ambedkar and Vivekanand go together?
Harish Parihar Transcript of his speech on 14th of April, 2017 at IIT, Roorkee, on the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar Most of the aspects like economics, women empowerment, anthropology have already been spoken of by now. Coming to some different aspect I would like to say that Babasaheb was a great journalist. …
The Death of a Historian in Centre for Historical Studies, JNU
Jitendra Suna Speech made at the protest by BAPSA on 16th March, 2017 against the Institutional Murder of Muthukrishnan (Rajini Krish) I am Jitendra Suna, and I am from a remote village named Pourkela in the District Kalahandi, Orissa. I completed my high school from B. R. Ambedkar Uchhavidyapitha Pourkela, but never really knew …
Unite to stop self-punishment
Hemangi Kadlak It is said that those who come from poor socio-economic backgrounds have a stronger fighting spirit because of the need for survival. Then why are some students from these sections committing suicide when they enter the big universities of India? Do their expectations of themselves or the university or society go much …
The Occasion of Namantar Din!
Pradnya Jadhav ~ I have seen youAt the front of the Long MarchThe end of your sari tucked tightly at the waistShouting “Change the name”Taking the blow of the police stick on your upraised handsGoing to jail with head held high……… ~ Jyoti Lanjewar Namantar means Renaming. Few decades ago, the word Namantar had …
Dr B. R. Ambedkar: More than the Architect of the Indian Constitution
Naveed Ahmad Lone Introduction Some are born great; some have greatness thrust upon them, and some achieve greatness. Dr Ambedkar best fits in the third category. Dr Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar is among the most outstanding intellectuals of India in the twentieth century. The work in economics by his good self is noteworthy. Dr …