Amit Kumar (This article was written on 13th January, 2018 in the wake of the press conference by four Supreme Court judges. Author feels that it has relevance now in the context of recent actions and inactions of the Supreme Court.) The four Senior Judges of Supreme Court of India, the so-called guardian of the …
NRC and CAA are as anti-Dalit as anti-Muslim!
Dharmesh Ambedkar Jai Bhim Friends, You are aware of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). The media is continuously saying that both these are anti-Muslims. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has even said that those opposing CAA and NRC can be identified from their clothes. If you also think …
Democracy from an Economic Perspective: Overcoming Challenges through the Constitution
Adv. Mahendra Jadhav Abstract For ages, India has been a collection of numerous castes, classes, religions and, races which are exclusive in nature with no common or shared experience of love, care and harmony. Given this fact, we have to analyze the implementation of the Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy provided …
Remembering Ambedkar
Dr. K. R. Narayanan Dr. Ambedkar was one of the giants of our time, one of the great personalities of the Indian national movement and of the Indian renaissance. He was a many- splendored personality, a great scholar, an original thinker, writer, orator, debater, a great jurist and constitutionalist, and above all a restless …
Has India officially abandoned (Parliamentary) Democracy?
S Kumar There are mainly two ways of establishing democracy, one by direct democracy and another by indirect or representative democracy. Usually, only small societies follow direct democracy where most of the decisions for the whole society are taken by directly calling people and seeking their opinion by voting. In some countries like …
BJP and the Makeover of ‘Ramji’ Ambedkar
Dr. N. Sukumar The various shades of saffron have long ridiculed every attempt of Ambedkar to usher in a just and equitable society. His scholarly critique of varnashram dharma, the Riddles of Rama and Krishna, the Hindu Code Bill etc proved to be the proverbial thorn in their flesh. For the Sangh Parivar, he …
Atrocities on Dalits and Rights to Self Defence
Deepak Kumar The Indian Constitution envisaged the words of Buddha, “war is not the solution”, in its text and other legislative provisions. The Indian Constitution in Part IV makes the provision to maintain international peace and security[1]. The individual is a subject in national as well as international law and the individuals enjoy rights …
हम बाबासाहब को तो मानते है पर बाबासाहब की नहीं मानते
डाॅ मनीषा बांगरडॉ. जे डी चन्द्रपाल जब तक साँस चलती रहती है तब तक जीवन चलता रहता है; मगर जब साँस रूक जाती है तो जीवन समाप्त हो जाता है | मगर क्या किसी महान व्यक्ति का जीवन उनकी साँस रूकने पर थम जाता है ? ऐसा कहा जाता है की किसी व्यकित की …
Dissent and the Oppressed
Raju Chalwadi Our plural society is going through one of its most fragile phases; the very notion of its multi-identity is under threat. The irony is that the threat is not from outsiders but from its own citizens who are trying to impose their version of history, culture and nationalism on “others.” Since the …