Sumeet Samos, a rap artist from Odisha and an Ambedkarite activist was in Kolkata to perform at the People’s Literary Festival organized by Bastar Solidarity Network (Kolkata Chapter) on February 29. Utsa Sarmin talked to him on behalf of GroundXero about his activism, politics and journey from a remote village in Odisha called Tentuli Pada […]
২৫ ডিসেম্বর “মনুস্মৃতি দহন দিন”। ১৯২৭ সালে এই দিন ডঃ আম্বেদকারের নেতৃত্বে মনুস্মৃতি পুড়িয়ে ডাক দেওয়া হয় চতুর্বর্ণ ব্যবস্থাকে নির্মূল করার। এত বছর বাদে আজও এই দেশে জাতিবিরোধী আন্দোলন অসম্পূর্ণ, এবং বহুক্ষেত্রে তথাকথিত নিম্নবর্ণ সমাজের উপর বর্তমান সময়ের ব্রাহ্মন্যবাদী শাসকশ্রেণীর সঙ্ঘবদ্ধ আক্রমণ নতুন আকার ও বিদ্বেষের মাত্রা নিয়ে হাজির। আজকের রাজনৈতিক প্রাসঙ্গিকতার প্রেক্ষিতে ডঃ কে […]
6th December for Indian mainstream media means one whole day of baying for blood on the question of Ram Temple, “special coverage” and “breaking news” of VHP-RSS-Shiv Sena’s calls for justice for Hindus in this country, and so on. What the media completely blacked out however is one of the country’s biggest single annual gatherings […]
Shantanu Kamble is one of the most powerful yet one of the least discussed shahirs of our times. His songs are about the Dalit lives and Dalit struggles, the history of discrimination and exploitation and the call for resistance. In these times when anti-caste political workers are being hounded by the State, when poets and […]
Yesterday, 19th August, several thousands marched in Delhi at the call of Bhim Army, demanding #releaseChandrashekharAzadRavan and all dalit activists, #ArrestShambhajiBhide & other accused of Elgar Parishad violence, #releaseGadling & 4 other activists in jail under false cases, #dropFalsecases on 2 April Bharat Bandh protestors, and adequate compensation to all affected of Police and dominant caste […]
The Allahabad High Court recently extended the incarceration of Bhim Army leader Chandrashekhar Ravan under NSA, by 3 months. Ravan will be held in jail now for at least till 2nd November. Chandrasekhar was arrested by the Yogi Government on charges of ‘rioting’ in the context of the violence that broke out in Saharanpur in UP […]
Speaking at the 6th Hyderabad district committee meeting of the Kula Nirmulana Porata Samiti (Struggle Committee for Annihilation of Caste), Bandaru Laxmaiah, State President of KNPS, spoke of the wave of dalit organising in the wake of the Karamchedu massacre in 1985, led by the Dalit Mahasabha, and subsequent formation of KNPS in 1998. Addressing […]