In the context of Ambedkarite politics and ideas, Anand Teltumbde shows how the Mahad conferences in 1927 wrested control of the movement from caste Hindus in favour of Dalits Written by Suhas Palshikar | A homage to Babasaheb Ambedkar in… Continue Reading →
by Meghna Chandra As an educator who believes in the ability of education to inspire people to build a better world and to develop people into fuller human beings, I take issue with the claims of the Hindu American Foundation that Hindu children must… Continue Reading →
S. SENTHALIR The election in the former French colony is not only about candidates, their grandiose rituals and the freebies on offer. Underlying all the politicking is a numbers game fixed in favour of the dominant castes. The policies of… Continue Reading →
BY ROHINI MOHAN Prohibition and freebies may be on all party manifestos, but the real underlying strategy of the 2016 assembly elections is backward caste consolidation. Young men scream as PMK’s Anbumani Ramadoss steps on to the stage. Credit: Rohini Mohan… Continue Reading →
Indian activist Henri Tiphagne received Amnesty International Germany‘s human rights award in Berlin on Monday. DW spoke to him about his work and the obstacles faced by rights groups in India. DW: How do you feel about receiving Amnesty… Continue Reading →
Swati Kamble After being treated unjustly for five years and after contemplating about it for over a year and a half, it’s only now that I could gather courage to tell my story to the world. I realize that by… Continue Reading →
AYESHA L. SETHI NEW DELHI: It took the media an entire week to get hold of the news that a 30 year old law student had been brutally raped and murdered in Perumbavoor, Kerala. Jisha — as she… Continue Reading →
By- Pinjratod community On 28th April’16, Rajeshwari a daily wage labourer and a single parent, returned home to her one-room house at Kuruppampady village in Kerela at night, to find the body of her younger daughter, raped, mutilated and… Continue Reading →
Petition under section 12 of the protection of human rights act – 1993 Honorable sir I would like to bring to your notice the brutal atrocities on scheduled castes in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh state and negligence of… Continue Reading →
Segregating workers is reminiscent of “Indians and Dogs Not Allowed” signs in public spaces in colonial India Pixabay By Maitreyi Krishnan and Clifton D’ Rozario That, on this, the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar, we are compelled to… Continue Reading →
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