For An Informed Ambedkar Age
United Dalit Students’ Forum (UDSF) Jawaharlal Nehru University University and Debate “A university stands for humanism, for tolerance, for reason, for the adventure of ideas and for the search of truth. It stands for onward march of the human race towards ever higher objectives. If the Universities discharge their duties adequately, then it is …
[In yet another instance of Brahmincal state violence against Dalit Bahujan assertion, the office of Forward Press was attacked by the police on October 9. On the same evening, the ABVP and local goons disrupted and attacked the Mahishasur Festival organised at JNU. Round Table India compiles here information on the two related events: …
K. Satyanarayana [This is a comment on the recent article by Dr. N. Sukumar (Dalit Revolution and Hindutva Counter Revolution in Indian Politics) on Round Table India which questioned the new discourse in the opinion columns of mainstream media on how the Dalit movement has supposedly taken a ‘rightward’ shift. Thanks Dr Satyanarayana for keeping the …
United Dalit Students’ Forum (UDSF) Jawaharlal Nehru University UDSF strongly condemns the caste-based harassment and torture by the University of Hyderabad (UoH) faculty and administration which led to the death of a Dalit student in the university. This is the third killing of a Dalit student by the administration and faculty in the university. …
United Dalit Students’ Forum (UDSF), JNU Dear friends, This is to bring to the notice of the JNU community that since last few months, caste atrocities have been proliferating in JNU campus. Many incidents have come to our notice in which not only workers, non-teaching but also the students have been targeted. It is …
Jyotsna Siddharth An incident took place a couple of months ago in JNU, one of the most liberal and radical universities in the country: an undergraduate girl was axed by her classmate in broad daylight. Another recent incident: Ilavasaran, a dalit boy whose love for a Vanniyar girl was reciprocated, was found dead on …
United Dalit Students’ Forum The death of Ilavarasan must be a revelation for people who think we are a democratic society. Is there any society that kills couples who choose to live a life based on mutual consent? Yes, it’s our own “Mera Bharat Mahaan.” In spite of such savagery it does not prick …
On the eve of birth anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar, United Dalit Students’ Forum (UDSF), JNU, and Asmita Theatre Group presents
Mahatma Jyotiba Phule – Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Birth Anniversary Celebrations 2013, From April 9 – 14, 2013, At JNU, New Delhi [Via UDSF] ~ The Programme Schedule ~9th April, 2013, Tuesday 6:00 p.m. Inauguration of Cultural Week:Mr. Jagdish Singh, Administrative Officer, Engineering Dept, JNU, New Delhi Sabarmati Dhaba, JNUStreet Play “Vaikalpik Itihaas”by Bhasha …