Ambedkar, Buddhism and Dalit Liberation
Events of the last few days indicate AAP and BJP worship Ambedkar purely for electoral gains and not from commitment to his ideas.
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‘A Woman and Fire are as Ancient as Civilisation’: Six Dalit-Feminist Poems
Written during the pandemic, these six poems stage the myriad everyday theatres of the self, the family, the domestic, the personal, the public, the political, the national, and even the civilisational, where caste and gender interlock to determine intimate pasts and futures of inequity and exclusion.
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Caste | Caste | Culture | People's movements | Print Edition
Republic of Caste: Anand Teltumbde’s Thoughts Strive to Liberate Us Even as He Is in Jail
His vision of working-class unity with an anti-caste core may or may not be realisable, but it is an important line of argument and action at the very least.
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Remembering Swami Achutanand: The Pioneer of Dalit Identity and Consciousness in North India
In the early 20th century, the trend of protest against caste-based discrimination found its profound expression in the works and activism of Swami Achutanand.
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Battle of Ideas: Ambedkar Brass Coin vs Statue of Unity
Gujarati Dalits will ferry a one-tonne brass coin dedicated to BR Ambedkar to Parliament for the 75th anniversary of Independence. They want to remind MPs that they have failed to eradicate untouchability.
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The Hinduisation of Ambedkarism
I would ask Dalits to not blindly extol and worship Ambedkar’s images, not to marginalise his thoughts by making him a deity. If you want to remain a slave, please do. The Indian constitution allows you be a slave willfully. But do not defile or kill Ambedkar.
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Dalit Includes All Who Oppose Inequality, Regardless of Caste: Activist Martin Macwan
The well-known activist explains how he came to the conclusion that a Dalit must get defined not by caste but action and belief.
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Caste | Gender Issues | India | Online Blog
From Tagore, a Triptych of Absorption, Acquiescence and Defiance
Three of Rabindranath Tagore’s short stories, written within a few months of one another, posit the irreconcilability of being human with patriarchy and gender inequity.
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Caste | Culture | Online Blog | Securalism
Roots of Feminist Fervour: Women in Bhakti Movement
Their sheer sense of individualism and power through spirituality made the rise of women’s voices prominent in Bhakti tradition. We can trace the elements of feminism through their songs, poems, and ways of life. On some of the important women saints of the Bhakti tradition who became the primitive voices of the rise of feminism in India.
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Caste Doesn’t Just Exist in India or in Hinduism – It Is Pervasive Across Many Religions in South Asia and the Diaspora
While the caste system originated in Hindu scriptures, it crystallized during British colonial rule and has stratified society in every South Asian religious community. In addition to India, it is present in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Bhutan.
