For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Bobby Kunhu “Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.” – Edward Said Colonization is one amongst the convenient pet peeves of Savarnas across ideological spectrum – from communists to Shashi Tharoor to the RSS, …
Brahmanism and Politics of Production of Muslimophobia – II This is the second of a two-part series of examples of the production of Muslimophobia in India and its hegemonic linkages. The first part is here. Bobby Kunhu The people themselves are not a homogeneous cultural collectivity but present numerous and variously combined cultural stratifications which, …
Brahmanism and Politics of Production of Muslimophobia – I Bobby Kunhu This is the first of a two-part series of examples of the production of Muslimophobia in India and its hegemonic linkages. The second part is here. “It would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned …
Bobby Kunhu “Patriarchy is a kind of shirk (or idolatry)… stemming from the Satanic notion of istikbar (thinking of oneself as better than another)….” – Amina Wadud, Inside the Gender Jihad: Women’s Reform in Islam Muslim communities, like every other theistic or atheistic social system, are hegemonic and patriarchal. But, in a virulently Muslimophobic world, …
Bobby Kunhu “Nothing succeeds like success.” ~ Alexandre Dumas Bigotry is fueled by hatred informed through ignorance and misinformation. Xenophobic celebration over Rishi Sunak’s appointment as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is not limited to the Hindutva right wing, but spans across Indian Savarna population and Pakistan too. Addressing the simpler, stupider and …
Bobby Kunhu “Charles Darwin is wrong: only the closest to the Government will survive” – Ljupka Cvetanova On 18th October, 2022, two reports were tabled before the Tamil Nadu State Assembly, the first report by a Commission of Inquiry headed by Retd. Justice A. Arumaghaswamy looked into the circumstances under which former 68-year-old Chief Minister, …
Bobby Kunhu “Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.” – Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays “Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” ― Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays “Since man …
Bobby Kunhu On, 9th October, 2022 at the inauguration of M. Rasheed Foundation – founded in the memory of M. Rasheed, a freedom fighter, journalist, writer and one of the founders of Trotskyism in India – Dr. Raees Mohammed, Founder of Dalit Camera and the Nilgiris Sanitation Workers Union was the first recipient of the …
Bobby Kunhu “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past” – George Orwell, 1984 “If a larger country oppresses a smaller country, I’ll stand with the smaller country. If the smaller country has majoritarian religion that oppresses minority religions, I’ll stand with minority religions. If the minority religion has …