For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Jyoti Markam In the ever-evolving narrative of human progress, where the pursuit of sustenance, clothing, and shelter has been a constant, certain indigenous communities face a distinctive challenge that transcends these fundamental needs. Their struggle revolves around safeguarding their cultural heritage, including their languages, as well as stewardship of their precious forests and lands. The …
Shiva Thorat This is a pre-watch review of Nagraj Manjule’s Jhund. It unravels the emotional outpouring for Jhund and the connection and belongingness felt with the lyrics of the song “Lafda Jhala Wakda Tikda”. It is also about a group of young people in the town of Shirpur who made enormous efforts to get a …
Vinod Kumar I was writing something down, jotting down my thoughts about a certain incident, or perhaps, it was merely a random idea; it was a feeling I wanted to note down soon after having my breakfast. In the middle of recording my thoughts in English, I felt the urgent need to write a few …
N Sukumar and Shailaja Menon The NEP 2020 has been rolled out amidst the Corona pandemic with the grandiose dreams of unleashing India’s potential as a world teacher (Vishwaguru). Ironically, a few months back police stormed the library of Jamia Millia Islamia, thrashed students and vandalized the reading space. No one knows when the culprits …
Kuffir (This is a collection of Facebook updates from the author from the year 2017, critical of India’s obsession with English, not education, as a liberation mantra to the point of absurdity) Two hundred years of English education doesn’t seem to have brought any change in the value systems of the Brahmins. …
Vivek Babu Union of India’s Lingua-Franca Debate: An Introduction to Linguistic Justice Regime In recent decades, the European Union that emulated “Unity in Diversity” motto similar to Union of India1, had motivated and facilitated Francqui Prize laureate Philippe Van Parijs —a Belgian Political Philosopher & Economist and a key proponent of Basic Income …
Asha Singh Questions of linguistic autonomy and annihilation of caste-gender oppressions are crucial for the struggles of an emerging Bahujan public sphere in Bhojpuri speaking regions. Ali Anwar, the Pasmanda Muslim Parliamentarian from the Bhojpuri region has often been in the forefront of asserting Bhojpuri autonomy in the Parliament. Within the Bhojpuri public sphere, …
Sanjay Jothe कला और सृजन के आयामों में एक जैसा भाईचारा होना चाहिए जो कि भारत में नहीं है। ऐसा क्यों है? ऐसा होना नहीं चाहिए, लेकिन है। इनके बीच इस तरह मेलजोल और एकता क्यों नहीं है? एकता एक नैतिक प्रश्न है अगर आपकी नैतिकता विखण्डन और विभाजन के चारे से बनी है …
संजय जोठे (Sanjay Jothe) सनातनी षड्यंत्रकार जब अध्यात्म और धर्म की व्याख्या करते हैं तब वे चर्चा और प्रचार के लिए अपने पवित्र पुरुषों को नहीं चुनते। वे उन्हें तहखानों में सुरक्षित रखते हैं। धर्म प्रचार शास्त्रार्थ आदि के लिए वे आदि शंकर या तुलसीदास को नहीं चुनते बल्कि वे बुद्ध, गोरख, रविदास और …