Posts Tagged ‘Dalit’

Nita has a good post here that looks at Mayawati and Obama, there is an interesting discussion that is also taking place. I began putting my two bits in and it just got so long that i decided to blog about it (thanks Nita, it has been a long time since i posted anything that [...]

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar in the Annihilation of Caste, 1935
The effect of caste on the ethics of the Hindus is simply deplorable. Caste has killed public spirit. Caste has destroyed the sense of public charity. Caste has made public opinion impossible. A Hindu's public is his caste. His responsibility is only to his caste. His loyalty is [...]

On the eve of Maha Shivratri a great victory was won. Devotees, backed by the state and other institutions, ensured that the right to pray the way you want to, in the language that you understand, in the manner that you choose , was upheld. 
In the face of a growing demand for their dismissal as [...]

I am currently re readingDr.Babasaheb Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste - It is a thin little well thumbed, book - actually a speech that is published in a book form. It
This is a book that every Indian ought to read…I read this almost a lifetime ago as part of what ever i was doing at that [...]

Narendra Modi has done it again…….This is his latest gem:
In a recent book written by him and published by the state information department Modi says, “Scavenging must have been a spiritual experience for the Valmiki caste”.
The book titled Karmayog is yet to hit the stands.
In the book, he goes on to say, “At some point [...]

This, a headline from the ET - India's most widely circulated business broadsheet : Some SC/STs too made it on merit replace the word SC/ST with any other ethnic/religious/gender grouping and tell me what is right/ wrong with this headline. media bias anyone or am I being oversensitive?

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….. says the DNA - not in so many words, but that is more or less the take away. Some excerpts:
Come December 6, residents of Shivaji Park in Central Dadar press the panic button. Many alter their work and daily schedules, beef up security in buildings, inform schools that their children will remain absent, and [...]

(warning: this post contains pictures that may offend the 'dignity', 'decency', and sensibility of some readers). Not Priyanka Vadera Gandhi, Not even Priyanka Chopra. But, Priyanka Bhotmange. Just a simple, ordinary girl called Priyanka who lived in a small little village called Khairlanji in the back of beyond in the state of Maharashtra. She studied [...]

About 15 months ago -has it only been that long? - i was in Marathwada making a documentary on Self Help Groups set up by destitute women that form the basis of bare foot capitalism. Starting with nothing these women have built up amazing capital - in the form of goats.The women [...]

One of the purchases that I made at the Strand Book Sale was Dr. Narendra Jadhav's book The Untouchable. From the author's note, the book grabs your attention and keeps it rivetted.
"Every sixth human being in the world today is an Indian, and every sixth Indian is an erstwhile untouchable, a Dalit"

The book is an [...]