Dalit unity is undermined
15 years ago

Dalit unity is undermined

The Hindu  

In the recent past, there has been a lot of debate on the emergence of Dalit parties in Tamil Nadus political sphere on the basis of Dalit identity. A larger identity constructed by the Dravidian movement has not only failed to transcend caste identities but has also suppressed the Dalit question through its hegemony. How important do you think is the emergence of Dalit parties such as the VCK and the PT in Tamil Nadus political sphere? Even Dalit movements are mobilising on caste issues, and it is a paradox to see that anti-caste movements are reinforcing the social structures they want to eradicate.

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Dalit disillusionment in Delhi: AAP’s declining support, unfulfilled promises, and BJP’s strategic outreach ahead of assembly polls
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Dalit disillusionment in Delhi: AAP’s declining support, unfulfilled promises, and BJP’s strategic outreach ahead of assembly polls

Op India  

As Delhi gears up for the upcoming assembly elections, a sharp shift in the political landscape is emerging, particularly among Dalit voters—once a steadfast pillar of the Aam Aadmi Party’s electoral base. BJP’s outreach: Representation and welfare initiatives In contrast, the Bharatiya Janata Party has actively sought to engage with Dalit voters through targeted welfare measures and grassroots outreach programs. …

Dalit disillusionment in Delhi: AAP’s declining support, unfulfilled promises, and BJP’s strategic outreach ahead of assembly polls
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Dalit disillusionment in Delhi: AAP’s declining support, unfulfilled promises, and BJP’s strategic outreach ahead of assembly polls

Op India  

As Delhi gears up for the upcoming assembly elections, a sharp shift in the political landscape is emerging, particularly among Dalit voters—once a steadfast pillar of the Aam Aadmi Party’s electoral base. BJP’s outreach: Representation and welfare initiatives In contrast, the Bharatiya Janata Party has actively sought to engage with Dalit voters through targeted welfare measures and grassroots outreach programs. …

The Hindu Lit for Life 2025: Political compulsion denies space for Dalit culture, says Stalin Rajangam
2 months, 1 week ago

The Hindu Lit for Life 2025: Political compulsion denies space for Dalit culture, says Stalin Rajangam

The Hindu  

Writer and historian Stalin Rajangam said though Dalit politics and culture could sail together, political compulsions and electoral politics have denied a space for Dalit culture in politics. “Even those who can acquire a space for Dalit culture in politics are not allowed to do so because it could embarrass the alliance partners,” he said while interacting with Vasuki Bhaskar, …

Changing winds: Is BJP distancing itself from the Dalits?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Changing winds: Is BJP distancing itself from the Dalits?

The Hindu  

On December 17, Home Minister Amit Shah made some contentious comments on B.R. Congress and Dalit support For the most part of the 2000s, the Congress and several regional parties such as the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal secured most of the Dalit votes by championing social justice, framing policies to tackle systemic discrimination and exclusion, and …

VCK’s Status as a Formidable Dalit Outfil Faces Challenges amid Complex Coalition Politics and Caste Dynamics in Tamil Nadu
3 months ago

VCK’s Status as a Formidable Dalit Outfil Faces Challenges amid Complex Coalition Politics and Caste Dynamics in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 27, 2024 20:39 IST - 8 MINS READ Less than a year ago, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi was a well-knit, cadre-based, and ideology-centric Dalit outfit in Tamil Nadu. After a quarter century of experimental politics, including a third front called Makkal Nala Kootani in 2016, minus the two Dravidian parties, the party redefined its political priorities to …

Battle for Dalit votes heats up in poll-bound Haryana
6 months, 1 week ago

Battle for Dalit votes heats up in poll-bound Haryana

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI There’s a certain concern that’s crept into the otherwise confident camp of the Congress in Haryana. Along with the dominant Jat community that comprises approximately 27% of the electorate, Muslims who make up 7% and Sikhs who are about 5%, the Congress’s internal surveys told the party brass that it could have got up to 70 seats in …

Can a Dalit leader ever become CM in Tamil Nadu?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Can a Dalit leader ever become CM in Tamil Nadu?

New Indian Express  

The question gains relevance against the backdrop of Dalit leader, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi president and Chidambaram MP Thol Thirumavalavan's recent declaration--wasn't there a tone of frustration?-- that a Dalit can never become the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. But in Tamil Nadu which claims to be the land of social icons like Periyar, Dalits were not able to get the …

Possible revival of Dalit politics today
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Possible revival of Dalit politics today

The Hindu  

In the 2024 general election, with the decline of the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh and the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi in Maharashtra, the independent political assertion of Dalit politics has been relegated to a new low. However, Dalit political parties like the Lok Janshakti Party in Bihar and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi in Tamil Nadu showcased a promise that Dalit …

Reading caste in a political murder
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Reading caste in a political murder

Hindustan Times  

The murder of Bahujan Samaj Party Tamil Nadu chief K Armstrong, allegedly the fallout of a gang war, has created ripples in state politics. Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu have said the murder of the state head of a national party outside his home in Chennai points to the collapse of law and order. Tamil Nadu’s long tryst with social …

Eyeing Dalit votes, Congress to hold conferences, membership drives across U.P.
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Eyeing Dalit votes, Congress to hold conferences, membership drives across U.P.

The Hindu  

The Congress party is attempting to reach out to the numerically significant Dalit voters through district level Dalit chaupals and divisional level conferences to talk about their issues by further pushing its ‘Save the Constitution’ campaign. Congress leaders added that the ‘Save the Constitution’ campaign helped the grand old party to make sizeable gains among the social group in the …

Mayawati derails Dalit politics: Is there redemption in the future?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Mayawati derails Dalit politics: Is there redemption in the future?

Hindustan Times  

After forming a majority government in 2007 in Uttar Pradesh, the Bahujan Samaj Party national president Mayawati often used to stoke the political ambitions of Dalits with her stirring statement: “If a Dalit party can give chief minister to the largest state of the country, why can’t it give the nation its first Dalit prime minister?” It was the vision …

The Dalit vote is not a monolith despite the BSP
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The Dalit vote is not a monolith despite the BSP

Hindustan Times  

Who will the Dalits vote for in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections? The question is being asked by many for two reasons: One, the hold of Dalit-led parties such as the Bahujan Samaj Party in the North, the Republican Party of India in Maharashtra, and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi in Tamil Nadu has weakened substantially, and two, mainstream political parties …

Two Dalit narratives in Kharge heartland
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Two Dalit narratives in Kharge heartland

Hindustan Times  

Among the politicians with the highest stakes in the constituencies that go to the polls today is one who is not contesting. Irrespective of the specific type of Dalit identity that was being highlighted, identity politics eroded Kharge’s Dalit-led inclusive politics. His son, Priyank Kharge, has used his position as minister in the Karnataka government to present a much more …

Election In Pincodes: Amid welfare push, the shifting sands of Dalit politics in Agra
11 months ago

Election In Pincodes: Amid welfare push, the shifting sands of Dalit politics in Agra

Hindustan Times  

Clumps of darkness are descending on a young man as he rappels down the remnants of a 60-foot stage, its skeleton stripped of its cloth finery but still held up by gaunt poles of bamboo-throwing menacing shadows. “It is what makes Agra India’s Dalit capital.” This year, the stage was designed in the likeness of the London School of Economics, …

Plan manifesto to curb caste violence, says Dalit Intellectual Collective
1 year ago

Plan manifesto to curb caste violence, says Dalit Intellectual Collective

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Dalit Intellectual Collective issued a statement on Tuesday urging political parties in the state to include action plans to eradicate caste atrocities against Dalits in their election manifesto. “Sadly, political parties remain either passive or immune to these, save for the rhetorical condemnation bereft of any action,” the statement said. The collective also urged the political parties to …

Tamil Nadu’s Dalit leader Thol. Thirumavalavan talks about his strategic alliance with the DMK for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections
1 year ago

Tamil Nadu’s Dalit leader Thol. Thirumavalavan talks about his strategic alliance with the DMK for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

The Hindu  

How does one position a Dalit political party within the Dravidian ecosystem dominated by OBCs? They bear the double disadvantage of shouldering the responsibility of Dalit politics without enjoying access to resources, which forces them to become junior partners in an alliance with one of the two Dravidian players: the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra …

The present and future of Dalit politics
1 year, 5 months ago

The present and future of Dalit politics

The Hindu  

Dalit politics in India evolved with the rise of various independent Dalit political parties such as the Republican Party of India, the Bahujan Samaj Party, other political parties such as the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, the Puthiya Tamilagam in Tamil Nadu, and the Praja Rajyam Party in the Andhra Pradesh and adjoining States. Most of the independent Dalit political parties still …

For more Dalit-Adivasi presence in INDIA
1 year, 5 months ago

For more Dalit-Adivasi presence in INDIA

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party could face a tough fight in the 2024 general elections with the Opposition’s announcement of the INDIA alliance. Other Dalit political parties, especially Prakash Ambedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi in Maharashtra and the VCK, are limited due to their regional specificities and incapacity to expand their political base to win important electoral battles. Dalit political outfits have …

Dalit groups in call to identify atrocity-prone areas of new Rajasthan districts
1 year, 6 months ago

Dalit groups in call to identify atrocity-prone areas of new Rajasthan districts

The Hindu  

Dalit groups in Rajasthan have released a manifesto for the upcoming Assembly election with a call to identify atrocity-prone areas in the 19 newly created districts of the State. Caste violence “Caste-based discrimination and violence are issues of social justice, which should get the highest priority in the manifestos of political parties seeking votes,” Mr. Singh, a former Inspector-General of …

Book Review: ‘Maya, Modi, Azad’ by Sudha Pai and Sajjan Kumar attempts to decode Dalit politics
1 year, 6 months ago

Book Review: ‘Maya, Modi, Azad’ by Sudha Pai and Sajjan Kumar attempts to decode Dalit politics

The Hindu  

This is a must-read for understanding why Dalits are attracted to the Hindu right wing. 599 The dominance of Hindutva politics, its appropriation of marginal groups and their symbols, the shift of Dalit votes to the BJP, the BJP’s welfare politics, and the RSS’ growing influence among marginal sections strongly indicate the end of the era of identity politics, and …

Dalit-targeted violence, a dimming of Tamil Nadu’s halo
1 year, 7 months ago

Dalit-targeted violence, a dimming of Tamil Nadu’s halo

The Hindu  

In an incident in Tamil Nadu earlier this month, a Dalit school student, Chinnadurai, was attacked by three students wielding a machete. Editorial | The failure of hope: On the Nanguneri incident in Tamil Nadu Caste pride Today, the primary role of the caste organisations, most often patronised by youngsters, is to create exaggerated caste-specific symbolisms. For instance, the Pattali …

Dalit rights bodies to gather for a National Dalit Agenda ahead of 2024 polls
1 year, 7 months ago

Dalit rights bodies to gather for a National Dalit Agenda ahead of 2024 polls

The Hindu  

More than 50 Dalit rights organisations and labour and farm workers’ unions are set to gather for a two-day National Summit in Hyderabad later this month to put out a National Dalit Agenda ahead of the 2024 general elections. Among issues that will be at the centre of discussion are rising atrocities against Dalits, land rights for Dalits, caste discrimination …

‘Maamannan’: shedding light on Dalits in Dravidian politics
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Maamannan’: shedding light on Dalits in Dravidian politics

The Hindu  

There has always been a long-lasting conjugal relationship between the Tamil celluloid industry and Dravidian politics. Even though Tamil films dealt with many similar topics related to social reforms, the caste conflict between non-Brahmins and Dalits was yet to be fully explored in depth. The recent movie Maamannan was one such significant attempt in critically evaluating the position of Dalits …

Review of Maya, Modi, Azad — Dalit Politics in the Time of Hindutva: A changed Dalit landscape
1 year, 9 months ago

Review of Maya, Modi, Azad — Dalit Politics in the Time of Hindutva: A changed Dalit landscape

The Hindu  

Dalit politics has been studied passionately by activists and academics from within and outside the fold. However, over the last decade, academic readings on Dalit politics have seemed at a loss to explain a new phenomenon: the movement of Dalits towards Hindutva in increasing numbers. Many activists and academics began to rue the shift of Dalits towards the Bharatiya Janata …

‘Coming together of DSS factions helped consolidation of SC communities’
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Coming together of DSS factions helped consolidation of SC communities’

The Hindu  

An impressive performance by the Congress in winning over half of the seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and support by the community in general constituencies across the State is being seen through the perspective of various Dalit factions coming together for the first time in over three decades. Though elevation of Mallikarjuna Kharge as the Congress president is being speculated …

The goal of building a popular Dalit agenda
1 year, 11 months ago

The goal of building a popular Dalit agenda

The Hindu  

It is to the credit of modern liberal ideas, capitalist development and democratic churning that Dalits are now a well-recognised social and political force — a transformation made possible under the maverick leadership of B.R. A vision for social justice Ambedkar realised that the colonial regime opened the doors of modern institutions to various marginalised social groups, welcoming them to …

Prospects for Dravidian renewal
2 years ago

Prospects for Dravidian renewal

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court effectively gave former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K. Palaniswami a shot in the arm when it saw off, this week, an interim challenge to his control of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam issued by former Deputy Chief Minister and party coordinator O. Panneerselvam. As a five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi …

Political Matrix: Dalit Politics is Evolving in Gujarat. Can It Influence 2022 Results?
2 years, 10 months ago

Political Matrix: Dalit Politics is Evolving in Gujarat. Can It Influence 2022 Results?

News 18  

Politics is ingrained in Indian society. As we know, numbers matter a lot in democracy: numbers give subaltern social groups the capacity to aspire and acquire political influence and hissedari in resources, development and power. Like in other parts of India, Scheduled Castes or SCs in Gujarat too have not yet evolved as a politically powerful bloc; they are still …

Book Review: D. Ravikumar’s 'Dalithugalum nilamum' is an account of Dalits and their bond with land
3 years, 4 months ago

Book Review: D. Ravikumar’s 'Dalithugalum nilamum' is an account of Dalits and their bond with land

The Hindu  

T HE Dalit ideologue and writer D. Ravikumar’s Dalithugalum nilamum, published by Manarkeni, is yet another tract that seeks to explain how Dalits, especially Adi Dravidas, were rendered landless in Tamil Nadu. Talking about the reasons behind the historical injustice against Dalits, the author explains how a social system that was alien to the Tamil-speaking region systematically alienated Dalits from …

Will strive hard for development of dalits \'until my last breath\': KCR
3 years, 7 months ago

Will strive hard for development of dalits \'until my last breath\': KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao said on Friday that just as he had participated in the separate Telangana movement by sacrificing everything, he would now work to make the Dalit Bandhu scheme a huge success. “I will strive for comprehensive development of the Dalits until my last breath,” he said while chairing a review meeting with ministers T. Harish …

Reservation in NEET Is A Political Move By The BJP, Not Social Justice
3 years, 7 months ago

Reservation in NEET Is A Political Move By The BJP, Not Social Justice

The Quint  

Third, though the BJP claims that it has politicised and mobilised the subaltern and powerless Dalit-Bahujans sections, a cursory view would reveal that such politicisation has not brought any substantive change in their socio-economic conditions and educational status. A majority of these groups still survive in the most precarious conditions and remain excluded from the basic human entitlements of health, …

Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 | The caste calculus in DMK’s win
3 years, 10 months ago

Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 | The caste calculus in DMK’s win

The Hindu  

With the DMK-led alliance winning a two-thirds majority in Tamil Nadu, it may be useful to look at the caste calculus in the recently concluded Assembly election. In southern Tamil Nadu, a majority of the Thevar vote was won by the AIADMK alliance, with only two of every 10 voters supporting the DMK-led front.In the north, the AIADMK alliance, along …

In TN’s caste-based political landscape, when Dalit leaders can’t campaign
3 years, 11 months ago

In TN’s caste-based political landscape, when Dalit leaders can’t campaign

Hindustan Times  

In pockets of Villupuram district, caste politics and caste prejudice is so entrenched that Dalits aren’t welcome to campaign in localities dominated by other castes. The politics of exclusion Last week, in Villupuram assembly constituency, DMK candidate Dr R Lakshmanan faced a difficult situation where he was told to enter Mayainur in Perumbakkam without the party’s Dalit partner, VCK’s representatives. …

Bengal is Learning a New Language—That of Hindutva-led Caste Identity Politics
4 years ago

Bengal is Learning a New Language—That of Hindutva-led Caste Identity Politics

News 18  

The singularities of caste and Hindutva are combining with Bengali identity in the electoral game of West Bengal. These ‘chai-paan’ shop discussions in rural Bengal during election time made us realise that the form and craft of public conversations in OBC-Dalit dominant zones of rural Bengal developed similar Dalit-Bahujan discourse as Hindi-speaking regions, such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The …

With No Visible Successor to Mayawati, the Once-Mighty BSP Now Struggling to Stay Alive and Relevant
4 years, 2 months ago

With No Visible Successor to Mayawati, the Once-Mighty BSP Now Struggling to Stay Alive and Relevant

News 18  

The Bahujan Samaj Party, which emerged from a Dalit-Bahujan movement, seems to be declining. The Bahujan Samaj Party led by Kanshi Ram and Mayawati brought drastic changes in Indian democracy and carved a space for Dalit-Bahujan representation in it. At this time, the question I am going to address, which has been asked by various political analysts, is that who …

Movements, not parties, are the true flame-keepers of Dalit politics
4 years, 3 months ago

Movements, not parties, are the true flame-keepers of Dalit politics

Live Mint  

A good yardstick to measure the success of any democratic system is to check the extent to which it gives voice to its most marginalized citizens. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} Marked by political opportunities accompanying party system fragmentation in the wake of Congress decline, electorally successful and prominent Dalit parties and leaders emerged across India. We are without the three Ms." Dalit …

Movements, not parties, are the true flame-keepers of Dalit politics
4 years, 3 months ago

Movements, not parties, are the true flame-keepers of Dalit politics

Live Mint  

A good yardstick to measure the success of any democratic system is to check the extent to which it gives voice to its most marginalized citizens. Marked by political opportunities accompanying party system fragmentation in the wake of Congress decline, electorally successful and prominent Dalit parties and leaders emerged across India. And even when in power, Dalit parties have struggled …

How the Savarna construction of reservation vs merit binary has stalled progress of Dalits across sectors
4 years, 3 months ago

How the Savarna construction of reservation vs merit binary has stalled progress of Dalits across sectors

Firstpost  

The Constitution of India provides equal rights to all its citizens, but the oppressed sections of society, despite constitutional safeguards and rights, have minimal representation in political and governmental bodies. In a casteist society like India, political parties are also majorly dominated by upper caste elites, which helps them in preserving status quo. However, in order to promote and position …

India's Dalit Muslims, marginalised historically and in the present day, find scant mention in mainstream discourse
4 years, 5 months ago

India's Dalit Muslims, marginalised historically and in the present day, find scant mention in mainstream discourse

Firstpost  

Violence against Dalits elicits a set of responses: debates on casteism and discrimination; support for #DalitLivesMatter; politicians capitalising on the situation. Taking assistance from Santos’s conception, we also need to dismantle the monolithic imagining of Muslims in India, because this blanket understanding veils the marginalities of Dalit Muslims. Likewise, the National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities or Rangnath Mishra …

Dalit politics at a crossroads
4 years, 6 months ago

Dalit politics at a crossroads

The Hindu  

In the 1990s, when Hindutva forces launched the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, Kanshi Ram, the founder of the Dalit-Bahujan movement and the Bahujan Samaj Party, invoked subaltern myths and icons to counter it. In short, while in the 1990s Kanshi Ram successfully countered the Lord Ram-centred Hindutva narrative, now Ms. Mayawati’s effort to invoke Lord Parshuram may blur the effort of …

‘Purity and honour’
5 years, 1 month ago

‘Purity and honour’

The Hindu  

Tamil society today displays a weird combination of liberal and progressive values on one side and feudal and casteist mindsets on the other. Establishing caste supremacy, an emerging phenomenon among Dalits of Tamil Nadu today, can be attributed to the rise of right-wing ideology, mainly among Pallars in Tamil Nadu. “The changing professional base of other castes, including the Dalit …

From ‘Attakathi’ and ‘Kabali’ to ‘Pariyerum Perumal’: How this decade changed caste representation in Kollywood
5 years, 3 months ago

From ‘Attakathi’ and ‘Kabali’ to ‘Pariyerum Perumal’: How this decade changed caste representation in Kollywood

The Hindu  

The emergence and success of filmmakers belonging to the Scheduled Caste has created an irreversible change in Tamil cinema. They have managed to raise critical questions on representation of oppressed and minority castes on screen, effecting a lasting change on stereotypical representations in the last few decades.​ ​Writer Stalin Rajangam, whose works have focussed on representation of caste in Tamil …

The crisis in Dalit-Bahujan politics
5 years, 4 months ago

The crisis in Dalit-Bahujan politics

The Hindu  

The political mobilisation of Dalit-Bahujans in India is in the midst of an epistemic crisis. Given the extremely skewed social power between dominant castes on the one hand and internal divisions of sub-castes within the Dalits and the Other Backward Classes on the other, identity politics, demanding more representation without an accompanying social and economic development agenda, seems to have …

Give dalits education & jobs, and forget quotas
5 years, 7 months ago

Give dalits education & jobs, and forget quotas

Deccan Chronicle  

Even the late Jagjivan Ram, a proud champion of dalits long before they had fastened on the word to denote their identity, acknowledged there could be no true equality in India until quotas and reservations had become unnecessary. Britain’s equality legislation doesn’t expressly forbid such practices, but the amended Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010 requires the government to …

Verdict will decide course of Dalit politics
5 years, 10 months ago

Verdict will decide course of Dalit politics

Firstpost  

Despite the emergence of the Bahujan Samaj Party in the 1980s, the Congress party continued to garner the maximum share of Dalit votes. The party’s Dalit vote base in 2014 comprised mostly of the upwardly mobile sections—urban, educated middle classes, with high media exposure—and the BJP managed to do so by driving a wedge between Dalit jatis. Two, while the …

Ambedkar Jayanti: Current politics of polarisation, hero worship could have disappointed Constitution's architect
5 years, 11 months ago

Ambedkar Jayanti: Current politics of polarisation, hero worship could have disappointed Constitution's architect

Firstpost  

For Ambedkar, the constitutional pillars of liberty, equality and fraternity could operate only in a trinity and could not be divorced from each other. If BR Ambedkar, Dalit leader and architect of the Indian Constitution, were alive today as the 90-crore strong electorate votes to elect its next set of leaders who would govern the country, he would be surprised …

Dalit Women in Politics: Vedhanayagi on being an agro-feminist, her fight for land and radical change
6 years ago

Dalit Women in Politics: Vedhanayagi on being an agro-feminist, her fight for land and radical change

Firstpost  

If we look at our country’s politics, there has been no one from the scheduled castes who has become the Prime Minister of India till date, let alone a scheduled caste woman. Political engagement of Dalits is necessary, but more importantly, it has to include Dalit women leadership in political spaces. The panel on “Dalit Women in Politics: Past, Present …

‘I was denied the post of CM thrice as I am Dalit’, says Congress leader and Karnataka Deputy CM G Parameshwara
6 years, 1 month ago

‘I was denied the post of CM thrice as I am Dalit’, says Congress leader and Karnataka Deputy CM G Parameshwara

Op India  

The issue of ‘Dalit Chief Minister’ has come to haunt the Congress party in Karnataka as Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara has once again raised the issue after he revealed that he was thrice denied CM post by the party as he was a ‘Dalit’. Addressing a gathering of the Chalavadi community in Davangere, Deputy CM Parameshwara said that …

Age of anxiety: Alienation modern scourge
6 years, 4 months ago

Age of anxiety: Alienation modern scourge

Deccan Chronicle  

The sure shot to erase social iniquities is the annihilation of caste. But while this was Marx’s specific position, there can be little dispute over the fact that the new community has to be all-inclusive, going beyond mere identity politics towards a transcendence of identities. Even though one may support certain forms of identity politics as a transitional phenomenon, the …

Of Dalit upsurge and national insecurities
6 years, 7 months ago

Of Dalit upsurge and national insecurities

Live Mint  

Name, place, animus, taint. The modus was applied to the arrests and attempted arrests of five writers and activists on 28 August, to link them first to the violence around a pro-Dalit event near Pune on 1 January, and also the Maoist rebellion—a key national security taint. Pune Police allege that inflammatory pro-Dalit speeches were made on 31 December at …

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