Author: Sridhar Kannan
அம்பேத்கரியர், தலித் ஆவண தொகுப்பாளர், அம்பேத்கர்.இன் வலைத்தளத்தின் நிறுவனர்.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has refused to ban controversial book `Samajika Smugglurlu Komatollu’ written by prominent Dalit thinker and writer Kancha Ilaiahsaying that the author’s fundamental right of freedom of speech and expression should not be unnecessarily curbed. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud dismissed a PIL filed by a lawyer seeking its direction to the government to ban publication and circulation of the book. Petitioner K V Veeranjaneyulu, who is also a member of Delhi-based Arya Vy syas Officials and Professional Association, alleged that the writer had made baseless allegations against certain castes in his…
A student belonging to a Scheduled Caste had earlier alleged that Ilaiah, through his book ‘Samajika Smugglurlu Komatollu’, not only targeted the Vysya community, but all Hindu communities and hurt the sentiments of Dalits and others, police said. HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Police has registered a case against prominent Dalit writer Kancha Ilaiah for allegedly hurting religious feelings through his book on the Arya Vysya community, an official said. A student belonging to a Scheduled Caste had earlier alleged that Mr Ilaiah, through his book ‘Samajika Smugglurlu Komatollu’ (Vysyas are social smugglers), not only targeted the Vysya community, but all Hindu…
As incidents of violence against Dalits mount in Gujarat, it is worth recalling the India of Ambedkar’s dreams The steps, if any, initiated by the government through a special session of the Lok Sabha on atrocities after the Una incident last year, have not had an impact on the violence against Dalits in Gujarat. On the contrary, there has been an increase of incidents which the Supreme Court had earlier described as “offences being shockingly cruel and inhumane”. From 1995 to 2015 about 9,926 incidents have been registered — about 473 per year — under the Protection of Civil Rights…
பதினெட்டாம் நூற்றாண்டு – பறையர்களின் பொற்காலம். ‘தலித்’ இதழ் 2004-ல் வெளிவந்த கட்டுரை
In Madhya Pradesh, a Dalit family describes an assault that killed a father and husband after he had lodged a police case against upper-caste men “They wanted to break every bone in his arms and legs. They started counting the broken bones in celebration. As he pleaded for mercy, they dragged him out of the house and kept thrashing him.” Kavita, 18, is yet to come to terms with the brutal murder on September 30 of her father Neelam Ahirwar, a Dalit, by a group of upper-caste men who wanted to punish him for lodging a complaint under the SC/ST…
The girl’s family said they were threatened against going to police to register a complaint. The girl returned home on October 3, but for two days the family didn’t gather courage to lodge a case against the rape accused and his accomplices who helped him kidnap the girl A 17-year-old Dalit girl from a village in Jaipur district was allegedly kidnapped and repeatedly raped by an upper caste man over two days, police said. Police registered a case of kidnap and rape on October 8 and arrested the accused on October 9. The girl’s family said they were threatened against…
Say high-mast lamps were installed on their request; accuse her of blocking schemes meant for SCs The ongoing spat between Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi and Social Welfare Minister M. Kandasamy has taken a turn for the worse with the Puducherry Dalit Koottamaippu, an umbrella organisation of 53 outfits, deciding to hold a fast on October 11 to protest against the “ill-treatment” meted out to the Minister by the Lt. Governor. The organisation has decided to organise a hunger strike in front of Head Post Office to condemn the “anti- Dalit” stand of the Lt Governor, said the former legislator and…
Organisers to hold more such conferences all over the State More than a hundred Dalits embraced Buddhism at a Buddhist Renaissance conference in Guduvanchery on the outskirts on Sunday. Satva of Mass Movement for Transformation, one of the organisers, said they intended to follow in the footsteps of Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, who left the Hindu religion and embraced Buddhism along with a million Dalits on October 14, 1956. “Through his writings, Dr. Ambedkar proved that we are historically Buddhists. This is an effort to redefine and rediscover our culture and identity,” he said. The event organisers said that…
அம்பேத்கர் உருவும் மறு உருவாக்கங்களும் நூலை முன்வைத்து…. அனிதாவின் தற்கொலையையொட்டி, தமிழ்த் திரைப்படத் துறையினர் ஏற்பாடு செய்திருந்த இரங்கல் கூட்டத்தில் இயக்குநர் பா.இரஞ்சித்தின் ஆவேச எதிர்வினை, தமிழ்ச் சூழலில் கடும் விவாதப்பொருளானது. “எத்தனை நாளைக்குத் தமிழன், தமிழன்னு பூச்சாண்டி காட்டப்போறீங்க? அனிதா ஒரு தலித் பெண். இங்கே சமூகநீதி என்பது தலித்துகளின் பிரச்னைகளை அங்கீகரிப்பதாக இல்லை” என்பது இரஞ்சித் பேச்சின் சாராம்சம். ‘இந்த மேடையில் ஏன் இரஞ்சித் இதைப் பேச வேண்டும்? அனிதா ஒரு தலித் பெண் என்பதனால் அவர் தற்கொலைக்குத் தள்ளப்படவில்லை. பறிக்கப்படும் மாநில அரசின் உரிமைகள், ‘ஒரே தேசம்’ என்ற பெயரில் நடத்தப்படும் அதிகாரக் கருத்தியல் வன்முறை ஆகியவைதான் அனிதாவின் மரணத்துக்குக் காரணம்’ என்பது இரஞ்சித்தை விமர்சித்தவர்களின் வாதம். ‘அடையாளங்கள்’ என்பவை எப்போதுமே ஒருபடித்தானவையாகவோ துல்லியமானதாகவோ இருப்பதில்லை. ஒருவர் தமிழராக இருக்கும் அதே நேரத்தில் குறிப்பிட்ட சாதியைச் சேர்ந்தவராகவோ, குறிப்பிட்ட மதத்தைச் சேர்ந்தவராகவோ, குறிப்பிட்ட பால் அடையாளத்தைக் கொண்டவராகவோ,…
Hundreds of Dalit men in Gujarat are protesting against attacks on Dalits in a unique way: By changing their WhatsApp display photos to the picture of a big moustache with ‘Mr Dalit’ written below it, according to NDTVreport. The report adds that the Dalit youths have started a social media campaign by posting pictures on Twitter that show them twirling their moustaches. What has sparked off the protest? On 1 October it was reported that two Dalit men from a village near Gandhinagar in Gujarat were allegedly thrashed by members of Rajput community for “sporting a moustache” in two separate incidents. In the…