For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Progressive Thinkers Forum of the Blind The icon of social justice and the prominent leader of the oppressed, Dr. Kalaignar Karunanidhi (1924-2018) passed away on 07.08.2018, leaving his huge legacy behind. His demise has indeed left crores of Tamilians across the world, progressive thinkers and the people who believe in alternative politics in deep sorrow. …
A tribute to the indigenous people of India on International Indigenous People’s Day now recognised by the UN A simplified brief history of thousands of years of Indian anti-humanism explains who are the indigenous people of India Shekhar Bodhakar The Real Utopia Over three (some say four, some five) thousand years ago the land …
Jamal Juma’ Jamal Juma’ is the coordinator of the Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop the Wall) and secretariat member of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) ~ As I put together my thoughts to write this, I read the news about Bhanubhai Vankar, a Dalit activist from the Indian state …
संजय जोठे (Sanjay Jothe) सोशल साइंस की एक कांफ्रेंस के बाद एक स्विट्जरलैंड के प्रोफेसर मित्र से बात करने का मौका मिला। बैठक के दौरान हमारी बात हो रही थी अलग अलग देशों की समाज व्यवस्था पर, वे मध्यकालीन यूरोप के सामाजिक ताने बाने की बात बता रहे थे। सामाजिक मानवशास्त्र के विशेषज्ञ के …
Sanjay Jothe अक्सर ही ग्रामीण विकास के मुद्दों पर काम करते हुए गाँवों में लोगों से बात करता हूँ या ग्रामीणों के साथ कोई प्रोजेक्ट की प्लानिंग करता हूँ तो दो बातें हमेशा चौंकाती हैं। पहली बात ये कि ग्रामीण सवर्ण लोग मूलभूत सुविधाओं जैसे सड़क, बिजली, तालाब, स्कूल आदि बनवाने की बजाय मंदिर, …
Sandhya Gawali Maratha Community has been organizing massive silent rallies (muk morcha) in various districts in a strong display of restlessness. The immediate reason behind the march is the brutal rape and murder of a teenager Maratha girl in kopardi, Ahmadnagar district, Maharashtra. The three suspects in this case belong to the Dalit community. Firstly, …
Ezhilan Naganathan The history of mankind can be described as a legacy of struggles of the oppressed against the oppressor. In this subcontinent, the struggle is of a unique nature because of a unique form of oppression, caste. Caste is a human construct based on religious foundations. The discriminative plot of the oppressor is …
Bala J We may say that great minds think alike when two scholars who lived in two different times and places reach a similar conclusion on the same problem. The traditionally educated nineteenth century Tamil scholar, Pandit Iyothee Thass as well as the twentieth century western educated intellectual from Maharashtra, Babasaheb Ambedkar, embraced Buddhism …
Dr. P. Kesava Kumar (This is the first part of the paper first published in International Research Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.1 No.2. Pp.193-210, 2008, Pondicherry University, Puducherry) Abstract The political philosophy of Ambedkar may help in renegotiating the crisis of western political theory in particular and leading the struggles of the masses in general. …