For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Shivani Waldekar On 25th May 2020, George Floyd, an unarmed Black man was murdered in police custody in Minneapolis, USA. A video showing a white police officer kneeling on his neck for almost nine minutes while he was pinned to the floor went viral. Following this, large anti-racism protests took place with many white …
ದಿನೇಶ್ ಅಮೀನ್ ಮಟ್ಟು (Dinesh Aminmattu) 19ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದುದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ, ದೇಶದ ವಿವಿಧೆಡೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಎರಡು ಪ್ರತ್ಯೇಕ ವಿಚಾರಧಾರೆಗಳ ಸುಧಾರಣಾವಾಧಿ ಚಳವಳಿಗಳು ನಡೆದವು. ಮೊದಲನೆಯದ್ದು ರಾಜಾರಾಮ್ ಮೋಹನ್ ರಾಯ್, ದಯಾನಂದ ಸರಸ್ವತಿ, ಕೇಶವ ಸೇನ್, ರಾನಡೆ, ದೇವಿಂದ್ರನಾಥ ಠಾಕೂರ್, ಅನಿಬೆಸೆಂಟ್ ಮೊದಲಾದ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ ಕಲಿತ ಮೇಲ್ಜಾತಿಯಿಂದಲೇ ಬಂದವರ ನೇತೃತ್ವದ ಚಳವಳಿಗಳು. ಇವು ಮಹಿಳೆಯರು ಮತ್ತು ಶೋಷಿತರಿಗಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಅನ್ಯಾಯದ ವಿರುದ್ದ ದನಿ ಎತ್ತಿದವು. ಸತಿಪದ್ದತಿ, ವಿಧವಾ ವಿವಾಹ, ವರದಕ್ಷಿಣಿ, ಮೊದಲಾದ ಬಹುಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಮೇಲ್ಜಾತಿ ಸಮಾಜದಲ್ಲಿನ ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ …
Bahishkrit Bharat (Untouchable India) The following is from an editorial (translated from Marathi) written by Babasaheb Ambedkar for one of the issues of the newspaper Bahishkrit Bharat published in 1927! This translation was first published in July 2010 by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Research Institute in Social Growth, Kolhapur. Translated by Dr. B.R. Kamble. ~ …
Praveen Tulasi The Second Equality March in JNU shall take place on the 13th of April 2015 at 09:30 pm from Ganga dhaba to Chandrabhaga Hostel March or Rally in JNU. We have marches for equality every now and then (barring the marches led by Hindu Vidyarthi Sena, ABVP and other allied right wing …
[Jotiba Phule‘s deposition before the Education Commission in 1881 (also known as the Hunter Commission) is reproduced here from the book, Selected Writings of Jotirao Phule; this extract is recorded between pages 140-145 in Education Commission, Bombay, Vol II, Calcutta, 1884 – Round Table India] ~~~ My experience in educational matters is principally confined to Poona and the surrounding …
Recommendations on Reforming Scheduled Castes Sub-Plan (SCSP) / Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) — National Advisory Council [The Working Group of the National Advisory Council (NAC) on Dalit Issues have prepared a set of Draft Recommendations to be considered by the National Advisory Council on the reform of the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan. These Draft Recommendations are …
Mallepally Lakshmaiah Is there a single village in India which has no Dalit? There could be a few exceptions but we do find Dalits in most parts of India – who have fought the system relentlessly. Every village has produced its very own Dalit social revolutionary but is there any Dalit reformer with a …