Snehashish Das Ambedkarite Questions to the Neeraj Ghaywan directed episode ‘The Heart Skipped A Beat’ in Made in Heaven Although there are indeed the portraits of Buddha and Babasaheb portrayed in the Neeraj Ghaywan-directed episode ‘The Heart Skipped a Beat’ in the 2nd season of Made in Heaven, we must examine what is really Ambedkarite …
राजस्थान में दलित महिला आंदोलन के नेतत्व व् न्याय प्रणाली की हकीकत पर एक नजर
सुमन देवाठीया मै किसी समुदाय की प्रगति हासिल की है, उससे मापता हु l~ डा0 भीमराव अम्बेडकर (बाबा साहब ) जैसा की भारत देश में व्याप्त वर्ण व् जाति व्यवस्था की वजह से दलित आये दिन अत्याचारों व् हिंसाओं का सामना कर रहे है l इसी के साथ जंहा कही भी इसी व्यवस्था के खिलाफ …
‘What happened to Dalits?’
Dharmaraj Kumar “What has happened to dalits? Why have they become so violent? They are getting reservation through constitution in everything, what else do they want now?” was the concern of one of my friends. I had nothing to say in reply as it would have amounted to a provoked answer given in haste. To …
Truth behind Armed forces’ horrifying acts of rape & sexual violence in Kashmir
Harshal Kharat Round Table India strongly condemns the ongoing brutality on Kashmiris by Indian forces on civilians, that is particularly targetting young chldren, youth, women and the hospitalized, and stands by the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination. In this article, Harshal looks at the history of violence enabled by AFSPA and details the documented trail …
Justice for Delta Meghwal: Protest in Bangalore tomorrow
Justice for Delta Meghwal: Protest at Town Hall, Bangalore, on 2nd April at 5 pm On March 29th, 2016, the dead body of Delta Meghwal, a 17 year old Dalit girl from a village in Barmer district of Rajasthan was found in the water tank of the Jain Adarsh Teacher Training Institute for girls …
From Victimhood to Power: Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra at Hyderabad
Pradnya Jadhav Dalit women’s battle to survive with dignity and security is extremely challenging. Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra has been initiated by All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) as an attempt to bring to the notice the realities of Dalit women; it is a quest for justice. It is a broad set of …
Adivasi woman fights back sexual harassment
Priyashri Mani On the 3rd of May, a young adivasi girl (Madi*) from the Bettakurumba tribe was sexually assaulted by a guard working in the Forest Department. Madi lives in a village inside the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. In the past, the Forest Department has been the single …
Years ago…
Pradnya Jadhav Years ago, she had a dream of attending school, completing graduation, getting a job and settling down. But yes, it was just a dream. The reality was all different, her parents arranged her marriage, and she lived with her husband for almost three years, by now she had two babies. So she …
Of Power and Privilege: Faultlines in Upper-Caste/Class Indian Feminism
Huma Dar material to be analyzed (1): upper-caste/class feminists have claimed that only the victims/survivors of sexual assault at an upper-caste “workplace” — the uc middle- to upper-class being implicit here — have the right to “feel confident that they themselves will have the right to control the pace of the follow-up, and also …