Tag: B.R.Ambedkar
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Episode 20: Periyar: The Life and Times of an Iconoclast: In conversation with A. R. Venkatachalapathy and Karthick Ram Manoharan
Why is Periyar E.V. Ramasamy Naicker, who passed away over half a century ago, still a controversial yet unavoidable and crucial figure in Tamil Nadu? While this year marks 100 years of the Self-Respect Movement, initiated by Periyar, he was also labelled anti-national, anti-Hindu, anti-Brahmin, and anti-Dalit, generating extreme hate and accusations. Who was Periyar?…
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Two tall-tales on B.R. Ambedkar
Myth making is an integral part of political science and politics, especially when it comes to immortalising famous personalities. To keep the memories of notable people alive, we share stories about them, and their remarkable messages and acts. Sometimes we create stories and myths about them. Though those tall tales are not real, they have…
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Translation: On Dalit Movement by K. Balagopal
Translation: It is unsure how much the Dalit movement has taught the communists, but it was a significant loss for the Dalit movement to have borrowed the idea from communists that political mobilisation can be a solution for all the problems. Dalit leaders attribute this idea to Ambedkar, but even though he was of the…
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