When development triggers caste violence, a crowd numbering over 1000 people burst into three Dalit settlements in Dharmapuri, north-western Tamil Nadu, and laid them waste. Over a period of several hours, they looted, smashed and burned. Trees had been felled on all approach routes to ... The Hindu, 2 weeks ago |
Communal Fascism In Action: Coopting The Dalits, Terrorising The MinoritiesCountercurrents.org Ur-Fascism [Eternal Fascism] is still around us, sometimes in plainclothes. It would be much easier for us if there appeared on the world scene somebody saying, "I want to reopen Auschwitz, I want the Blackshirts to parade again ... Counter Currents, 1 month ago
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Sarabjit Singh's death widely mourned, condemnedJAMMU, May 2: The news of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh succumbing to the injuries inflicted on him in Pakistan's jail was today met with grief and condemnations across Jammu region. BJP activists held protest over the death, raised slogans against ... Kashmir Times, 2 weeks ago
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Im an anti-caste junkie: Meet S Anand, the man behind Navayana publishing houseIn Pali, the word navayana means new vehicle. Dr BR Ambedkar used the word in 1956 to describe the branch of Buddhism that wouldn't be mired in the Hinayana-Mahayana divide, but would help dalits gain equality in India. It's a fitting name for the ... Firstpost.com, 3 weeks ago
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Rich tributes paid to Dr AmbedkarFrom Parliament in New Delhi to Manatralaya in Mumbai, the father of Indias Constitution, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar was paid rich tributes on his 122nd birth anniversary on Sunday. On the occasion, governor of Maharashtra K. Sankaranarayanan, chief minister ... Asian Age, 1 month ago
City pays tribute to BR Ambedkar
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Rich tributes paid to Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
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Bhullar case may have bearing on Rajiv killersThe Supreme Court decision on Friday rejecting the plea of Devinder Singh Bhullar's family to commute his death sentence to life on grounds of inordinate delay in deciding his mercy petition earlier, has 'shocked' political parties in Tamil Nadu campaigning ... Deccan Herald, 1 month ago
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The project of cultural resistanceThe Kabir Kala Manch and Deshbhakti Yuva Manch trace their ideological lineage to the radical left and radical Ambedkarite movements in Maharashtra. What are the issues these cultural activists engage with, and why do they make the state so ... InfoChange, 1 month ago
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To the Self-Obsessed Marxists And The Pseudo AmbedkaritesFrankly I curse myself for having gone to Chandigarh. Not so much because I am embarrassed by the unseemly controversy created by certain pseudo Ambedkarites in Maharashtra but because I am deeply saddened to see the egotistic bunch of people with ... Counter Currents, 1 month ago
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Abolition still relevant 150 years later, says DavisNEWS No Comments She is a woman known for her remarkable fight against racial injustice and advocacy for political prisoners. While Angela Davis now speaks about her past reflexively, it was her discussion of abolition and its connection to ... McMaster University Sil, 1 month ago
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Their Dark GlassesHow political threats from TN have always kept the Centre on edge July 1997 The DMK threatens to withdraw support from the United Front government over its differences with the CPI(M), especially on fodder scam accused Laloo Prasad Yadav, and ... Outlook India, 1 month ago
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