In ’Ants and Elephants’, Sujatha Gidla misrepresents or ignores legendary Dalit figures who built the communist movement in Andhra, distorts the struggle for Telangana and dehumanises the Dalit experience.
The shrouded lives of ‘untouchables’, also known as Dalits, in the form of life narratives (...)
The Bhim Army is part of the Ambedkarite tradition of politics; it is not necessarily a challenge to Mayawati and may in fact help consolidate the BSP.
Anand Teltumbde is a writer, political analyst and civil rights activist. He is a public intellectual who is almost allergic to identity (...)
Indigenous farmers are at the centre of the massive mobilisation of peasants in Maharashtra
“You see this hut? From here on, it is all our land,” says Kisan Gujar.
We’re in a car, and I’m driving to give Ashok Dhawale some rest. Dusk is falling, and we’re driving out of Kalwan. Also with us is (...)
Fighting the caste system is definitely an inherent part of the Dalit movement, but the anti-caste movement needs to grow beyond Dalits.
Many people confuse the Dalit movement with the anti-caste movement, often seeing them as one and the same thing. They forget that caste is not exclusive to (...)
Till the 1980s, the politician was fairly unknown outside a small circle of Dalit ideologues. But now that Dalits vote in large numbers, every party claims inspiration from the Dalit leader who Ghandi and Nehru detested
It would not be an exaggeration to say that BR Ambedkar is the most (...)
The last few weeks have seen the most venomous, militant, blatant and intransigent display of casteism by internet and tech savvy upper-castes on social media.
Since April 2, India has seems a vicious and malignant display of casteism, with a million instances of confirmation that caste is a (...)
In their testimonies to the judicial commission looking into the Edesmetta encounter, Adivasis have attempted to deconstruct narratives given by the state.
There was that moment of epiphany in the room. Karam Manglu was being cross-examined at the commissioner’s office during the proceedings of (...)
In worrying about the liberty of the privileged, the judges have forgotten that caste is anti-liberty. The caste system continue to frustrate the struggles of Dalits and Adivasis for dignity and justice.
Some incidents this past fortnight provide valuable insight. In Kerala, a man from the Ezhava community, listed among Other Backward Classes, murdered his daughter for wanting to marry a Dalit. In Uttar Pradesh, upper caste Thakur villagers have been threatening violence against Dalits (...)
The BJP is as unnatural a champion of Dalits as capitalists are of the working class.
On April 4, the US remembered Martin Luther King Jr. on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death. The discussions and reminiscences about the civil rights leader brought home some stark realities (...)
Efforts at building a political alliance of Dalits and other lower castes failed in the past because of the contradictory class interests of its constituents. But the picture may now be changing.
The extension of support by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates in (...)
In conversation with J.V. Pawar, one of the founders of the Dalit Panthers.
In the 1970s, a new political and social force emerged with great ferocity and captured the imagination of the downtrodden Dalits all over the country. Born out of a rising consciousness of young Dalits of the then (...)
While the target for scholarships have remained unchanged, the actual delivery has witnessed a rapid decline in both numerical and financial terms.
New Delhi: Contrary to Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s claim in January this year that the government led by Prime (...)
‘The violent crackdown on the legitimate work of the Bhim Army bodes ill for our democracy,’ reads the statement in support of the Dalit leader.
Several civil society members and organisations in Mumbai on Sunday signed a statement calling for the release of Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad (...)
Two new books chart the rise and fall of India’s Dalit Panthers, and the failure of the ‘moderates’ who replaced the Panthers in the 1980.
Do the recent events at Bhima Koregaon presage a new trajectory in the struggle of Dalits to secure their place as equals in the Indian polity, a resurgent phase of Ambedkarite politics?
Two recent books – one on the short-lived but influential Dalit Panther movement of the 1970s, and the other on Mayawati, the most significant Dalit politician since (...)
New Delhi, January 3: We, the following representatives from different organisations, has been issued joint statement calling for national protest against attacks on dalits in Maharashtra on the occasion of Bhima-Koregaon battle of 200th anniversary. We appeal to all democratic and secular (...)
Some have given up hope, Karwan e Mohabbat found, but others remain defiant.
On September 11, Karwan e Mohabbat regrouped in Tilak Vihar, Delhi, where widows of the 1984 Sikh massacre were settled more than three decades ago, and set off to its next destination. We reached Kandla in Uttar (...)
India is not able to do away with its caste politics. It has been apparent in the dramatic turn of Narendra Modi’s regime to woo lower castes through multiple policy measures.
India is still not able to do away with its caste politics as demonstrated by recent attacks on members of lower caste (...)
Karwan e Mohabbat is a tiny lamp lit in a tempest of hate. A small but audacious effort to offer a garland of empathy across many parts of our troubled land. Individuals, organisations and social movements are collaborating in this journey of atonement, solidarity, healing, conscience and (...)
The BJP is making inroads among Dalits but at the same time, Dalits come together when they are attacked by upper castes.
Saharanpur, a district known for its woodcraft products in western UP, is in the news for two caste and communal incidents, involving clashes with Dalits. The ongoing Dalit (...)
The Quint Documentary: Marching with the Bhim Army #AmbedkarsArmy. A film by Esha Paul and Aman Sethi. "What’s it like to set up a Dalit youth army to fight caste atrocities in one of India’s most violent states? Immerse yourself in our documentary on the Bhim Army to find out [see the video on (...)
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