For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Charan Mahananda Based on the author’s experience, this article describes what happens when caste discrimination occurs within Scheduled Caste families in the Ganda and Ghasi communities. There are social ranks, and as a consequence, some people are shut out, and their burial is postponed; special purity ceremonies are held, and the community sometimes punishes intercaste …
Karthik Navayan 1. The Home Secretary, Secretary Office, Department of Home (DoH), Government of India, Room No. 113, North Block, New Delhi – 110001, Email – hshso@nic.in 2. The Secretary, The Department of Social Justice & Empowerment Government of India, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001, Email secywel@nic.in Karthik Navayan Copy to: Hon’ble President of India, Rashtrapati Bhawan, President’s Estate, …
Gursimran Singh It has been the popular demand of Sikhs since long that there is a need to amend Article 25 (2) (b) of the Constitution as it denies to them a separate distinct religious identity. The controversy is primarily around Explanation II to this article which states that “…..the reference to the word …
Karuppan1 I On December 6, 2016, I stood at the heart of Shivaji Park in Dadar. Walking in the narrow passages between a couple of hundred stalls selling literature and memorabilia, the banner hanging in front of one, unsettled me. ‘Delete the Dalit’, it cried out, at the thousands that streamed past it. Over …
Anandi Sharan Government must control the creation of electronic money (credit), not as debt but as money spent into circulation to support every citizen, woman and child I have written on this subject many times before, and though I am no expert I have been investigating for some time the question of who creates …
Asha Kowtal interviewed Paul Divakar, Convenor of the National Coalition on SCP/TSP Legislation (Special Component Plan for the Scheduled Castes and the Tribal Sub-Plan for the Scheduled Tribes) about the SCP/TSP Bill, a few weeks ago. The text of the interview is featured below the video. {youtube}Yn7W3nPNEnE{/youtube} Asha Kowtal: Jai Bhim Paul. Thank you …
Surendra Kumar In early 1960s, at my college, Syed Mubarak Ali, the Art teacher, and Devi Singh, physical training teacher, used to be served food in white porcelain plates at teachers’ lunches while others ate in brass thalis. I thought it must be a reward for their meritorious services; they were two of the …
Forum Against Caste Discrimination in Education Acknowledging the widespread caste discrimination prevalent across the Indian campuses and in solidarity with the ongoing protest by Dalit, Adivasi and Backward caste students of the School of Germanic Studies, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, more than 200 students, teachers and professionals from across the country …
Karthik Navayan Continued from here. The Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 Article 17 of Indian Constitution seeks to abolish ‘untouchability’ and its practice in any form is forbidden. It is basically a “statement of principle” that needs to be made operational with the apparent objective to remove humiliation and multifaceted harassments …