While in truly technical terms Dr Payal Tadvi committed suicide on May 22nd 2019 in her hostel room in Mumbai, but for all practical reasons, I would call it a murder, a crime which was not merely racial hatred but also look like Islamophobia as she seem to…
Tinkering with History Textbooks-The Case of Channar Revolt
Politics over history textbooks is a bane of modern India. In the month of March this year, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)…
Republic of Caste supremacists
‘Democracy day’ was being celebrated yesterday on social media where political leaders ‘greeted’ their ‘bhakts’ and hailing India as one of…
Mob lynching: let us act now | Irfan Engineer
Mob lynching has drastically increased in recent years, particularly since the election of the BJP government. There has been fourfold increase in cow related violent incidents from less than 5% of incidents communal violence in 2010 to 20% in 2017 (Subramanya,…
Ambedkar’s mission towards elimination of caste discrimination | Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Let me at the outset profoundly thank Sir Ganga Ram Heritage Foundation, Lahore for giving me opportunity to participate and speak on this very relevant issue, ‘Dr Ambedkar’s mission of annihilation of castes and present situation’. Sir Ganga Ram’s…
Why Dalits celebrate victory of British over the Peshwa, Bhima Koregaon.
200 years ago, the Marathas were organized into a loose confederacy, with the major constituents being the Peshwa of Pune, the Scindia of Gwalior, the Holkar of Indore, the Gaekwad of Baroda, and the Bhonsle of Nagpur. There were revenue sharing disputes among…
Threatening India’s unity and integrity | Vidya Bhushan Rawat
A man was burnt to death in Rajasthan on December 6th when we were moaning and remembering the 25th year of the assault on our constitution. Afrazul was brutally hacked to death in Rajsamund, Rajasthan and his 'story' was shown life and now available everywhere…
Learning from Obama’s saner advice and Trump’s madness | Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Former US President Barak Obama was here for participating at summit organised by a newspaper and also spoke to what he termed as 'future leaders' at the #townhall gathering. Speaking about India, Prime Minister and other issues, Obama mentioned clearly that…
Hindutva and History
The controversial statement of the BJP legislator of UP State Sangeet Som denigrating Taj Mahal should not surprise us. ‘History’ propounded by the Hindu supremacists is stranger than fiction. It is a tool in the hands Hindutva to justify their ideology…
Caste and the illusion of Samajik Samrasta
Jayesh Solanki from Bhadraniya, Gujarat was killed by members of upper caste in early October because Jayesh wanted to witness garba organized by the upper caste. His head was brutally banged against a wall (The Hindu, 2017). Jayesh Solanki was a Dalit. Jayesh…