Anu Ramdas A question that persists in my mind: why don’t Indian feminists take an academic or personal or a feminist interest in studying men …
‘Babasaheb Set the Bar High!’
An excerpt from Lakshmy Parvathy’s essay “Babasaheb Set the Bar High! ” in the book “What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to me” But people’s curiosity …
Women mining workers’ welfare and Babasaheb Ambedkar
May Day Greetings! Babasaheb Ambedkar ~Labour may ask monied classes a very pertinent question saying, if you do not mind paying taxes to meet the …
‘Babasaheb: Unravelling and Rebuilding My World’
SAVARI How do the Bahujan access the Ambedkarite consciousness when they are geographically and linguistically far apart from Maharastra where the collective memory thrives in …
‘Surviving boycott for Ambedkar’s sake’
SAVARI There are big costs to be politicized against dominant ideologies and power structures. The extreme nature of penalties and violence borne by Dalit families …
Women at Mahad
SAVARI We remember the women who marched for all our rights, we remember women who marched for the last person’s rights, we remember men, women, …
‘Babasaheb: A Symbol of My Existence’
SAVARI In the book What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means To Me, authors tell their stories of how they became politicized. Like all stories, they hold many …
Kadupulo kasi (Hatred in the belly)
SAVARI An excerpt from Joopaka Subhadra’s article ‘Hatred in the belly ‘ in which the poet eloquently addressed the question, ‘but why can’t we write …
‘Bhima’s force shall keep growing…’
SAVARI The process of being politicized into an Ambedkarite consciousness is complex and varied. It is the only counter-culture that offers the possibility of complete …
And understood the difference between ‘Elimination of Caste’ and ‘Annihilation of Caste’!
Vanshree Vankar Pandurangji Gosavi, my grandfather, is a freedom fighter. 95 years old, he was born in 1924. He has spent his whole life in …