For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Anand Silodia A few days ago, Richa Chadha shared the poster of her new movie, ‘Madam Chief Minister’, and it was immediately criticized for the depiction of the dalit protagonist. The protagonist, played by Chadha, was shown to be wearing a dirty t-shirt and holding a broom[1]. The gist of the criticism was that …
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, …
Neeraj Bunkar The recently released ‘Serious Men’ is an Indian Hindi language comedy drama film directed by Sudhir Mishra. The film is based on a book of the same name by Manu Joseph. This movie revolves around the issue of child genius scams. Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Ayyan Mani) plays a migrant Tamil Dalit man who lives …
Chanchal Kumar Manu Joseph’s award-winning debut novel has been lauded for breaking away from the norm in its depiction of the dalit male character as an intelligent but cunning person. In the words of the author, Ayyan Mani is an “exceptional” individual who is “a freak, in a way” (Joseph 2010). While historically, dalits …
Nolina Minj India’s official entry to the Oscars, Newton has done well for itself in the box-office. Critics have described it as ‘brilliant, subversive and one of the finest political satires we have seen in the last couple of years.’ With all this acclaim, I was curious to watch the movie, especially as its …
ತಳಸ್ತರ ವೇದಿಕೆ, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಅಲೆಮಾರಿ ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು ಮಹಾಸಭಾ ದಿನಾಂಕ: 09-08-2016 ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ ಮಾನ್ಯರೇ, ಮಾಜಿ ಐಪಿಎಸ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಯೂ, ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಪಕ್ಷವೊಂದರ ಸಕ್ರಿಯಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರೂ, ಪಾಂಡಿಚೇರಿಯ ಲೆಫ್ಟಿನೆಂಟ್ ಗವರ್ನರ್ ಆಗಿರುವ ಕಿರಣ್ಬೇಡಿಯವರು ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ 2ನೇ ತಾರೀಕಿನಂದು ಡಿನೋಟಿಫೈಡ್ ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟುಗಳನ್ನು(ವಿಮುಕ್ತ ಜಾತಿಗಳು) ಅಪಮಾನಿಸಿ ನಿಂದಿಸುವ ಒಂದು ಟ್ವೀಟ್ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಹೀಗೆ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ‘ಮಾಜಿ ಕ್ರಿಮಿನಲ್ ಟ್ರೈಬ್‍ಗಳು ಅತ್ಯಂತಕ್ರೂರಿಗಳೆಂದೇ ಹೆಸರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅಪರಾಧಗಳನ್ನು ನಡೆಸುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರುನಿಷ್ಣಾತರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅವರನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯುವುದಾಗಲೀ, ಶಿಕ್ಷೆ ನೀಡುವುದಾಗಲೀಆಗುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ’. ಕಿರಣ್ ಬೇಡಿಯವರ ಈ ಮಾತುಗಳು ಈ …
Arvind Boudhh (Some notes from his Facebook wall over the years) Confession #14 (first caste atrocity as a child) It was the time when I used to play cricket. I was about 6 years old and we were playing cricket with a plastic ball and a wooden plank as improvised bat. India being a …
~ Caste in cinema and music: the Kerala experience ~ A S Ajith Kumar talks to Dalit Camera Dalit Camera: Through Un-Touchable Eyes This is the second part of an interview with A S Ajith Kumar, writer, musician and filmmaker based in Trivandrum (you can read the first part here). The interview was …
~ Caste in cinema and music: the Kerala experience ~ A S Ajith Kumar talks to Dalit Camera Dalit Camera: Through Un-Touchable Eyes This is the first part of an interview with A S Ajith Kumar, writer, musician and filmmaker based in Trivandrum. The interview was conducted by Radhika Pai and Gopika Nangia after the …