For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Rahul Gaikwad Every now and then one comes across some or the other celebrated so-called progressive leader/writer/activist who turns out to be absolutely shallow, superfluous and even hypocritical upon closer examination. This has been the case with Vijay Tendulkar and his Kanyadaan drama; or Pandit Anand Patwardhan’s Jai Bhim Comrade where he portrayed Ambedkarite assertion …
Bushra Afreen We celebrate Women’s Day every year with different themes. This year, the theme is #chooseTochallenge so I #chooseTochallenge. If marriage is a vehicle, where male and female are two equals, why is dowry given by the bride’s family? While both males and females make equal efforts to nurse their families; in married life, …
Ankit Ramteke Oh, it is a movie about caste issues, progress, and all that. How nice! Do you know the talented Siddiqui is playing an assertive but cunning Tamil Dalit? Wow, As a caste-less, conformist, populist liberal, I am already experiencing a filmgasm. After years of rottenly skewed representation of these Achut, Neech, Bangi, …
Anu Ramdas This is the transcript of a preliminary talk on the topic of feminism is brahminism. First, thank you. It is so lovely to see all of you. Thank you for the opportunity. And I am not at all happy to be talking about this topic at such a time. Ever since I wanted …
Radhika Sudhakar (Translated by Lincy K Thankappan.) തമിഴ് രാഷ്ട്രീയ മണ്ഡലത്തിലെ തെരെഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് രാഷ്ട്രീയത്തിൽ ആറ് ദശാബ്ദക്കാലവും അതിനും മുൻപ് ദ്രാവിഡ പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങളെ ശക്തിപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന രാഷ്ട്രീയ പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിലും തുടങ്ങി പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങൾ ,രാഷ്ട്രീയ ഭരണം ,സാഹിത്യം ,സിനിമ അങ്ങനെ ചവിട്ടിയ മേഖലകളിലെല്ലാം കാലുനീട്ടി വെച്ച ഒരു യഥാർത്ഥ അതികായൻ ആയിരുന്നു മുതുവേൽ കരുണാനിധി. പൂർത്തിയാക്കിയ പ്രഖ്യാപിത നയങ്ങളേക്കാൾ അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ രാഷ്ട്രീയ ഇച്ഛയായിരുന്നു മുഖ്യമന്ത്രിയായിരുന്ന അഞ്ചുതവണയും രാഷ്ട്രീയത്തിലെ മുക്കാൽ ഭാഗത്തിലേറെയും അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ ഭരണ രീതിയെ അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തിയിരുന്നത്. 1957 മുതലങ്ങോട്ടുള്ള …
Radhika Sudhakar Muthuvel Karunanidhi was a true colossus who strode the Tamil political sphere for six decades in electoral politics and before that in a political movement strengthening the Dravidian movement whichever field he trod, be it in the movement, political governance, literature or cinema. More than his declared policies, which he fulfilled, it …
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. …
Pardeep Attri It’s just like when you’ve got some coffee that’s too black, which means it’s too strong. What do you do? You integrate it with cream, you make it weak. But if you pour too much cream in it, you won’t even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes …