Walking the path

Ambedkar was a person just like us. He was one amongst us. To worship him like a messiah or a god would be a great disservice to him, because he was against hero worship.

He was a "Margdata" for us. He showed us the path. We have to walk the path ourselves.

Savitri Bai Phule II

 Link --- Dnyanajyoti Savitribai Phule - II

The support, cooperation and companionship that Savitribai gave Jotirao throughout his life is extraordinary and is beyond compare. The ideal of equality between men and women and of peaceful companionship that they have set, transcends the limits of time and space. The path-breaking work that they did in the fields of education, social justice, eradication of caste and the eradication of priestly power illuminates not only the past, but also the present. It is a contribution without parallels even in the present times. This legacy of Savitribai will continue to enrich our lives forever.

The first essay against caste

Savitri Bai Phule

Link --  Dnyanajyoti Savitribai Phule - I

A Matang student of Savitribai called Mukta had written an autobiographical essay, in 1855 when she was merely 14 years old. This essay is so important; it can be considered a superior milestone in the history of Marathi literature. It could well mark the beginning of modern Dalit literature. She writes, "These 'ladukhau' (sweetmeats gobbling) Brahmans say that the Vedas are their monopoly. The non-Brahmans are not allowed the right to study the Vedas. Does this not prove that we are without religion since we have no opportunity to even look at the religious texts? Oh God, please let us know soon which religion coming from you we should follow so that we can make arrangements thereof."

Constitutional morality

 

Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realize that our people have yet to learn it. Democracy in India is only a top dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic. 

~ Baba Saheb Ambedkar

Sharing geography doesn't make a nation....

Of course we are all 'anti-national'. for we do not belong to one nation. for we are not one. we never were. I share nothing with upper castes except their history of oppression against us and if this is what makes us one nation, i will let this nation die and rejoice over it. Sharing geography doesn't makes one nation. we may be anti-national to your nation, but you are not only a traitor but coloniser, occupier, exploiter to our nation.
--- Anoop Kumar

I loved science , stars

 

" I loved science , stars , nature , but then I loved people without knowing that people have long since divorced from nature..."

--- Rohtih Vemula

(Painting by Orijit Sen)

Caste ! You are the monster !

Link --- Caste ! You are the monster ! 

Article published by Round Table India

Author -- Harish S. Wankhede (Assistant Professor of Political Science at Delhi University)
Cartoon by Nidhin Shobhana

A must must must read article. Read it whoever you are,  to whatever caste you may belong.