This October, a colleague and I tracked a group of young Dalits fighting caste atrocities in Uttar Pradesh. The documentary posted above is one part of an extended multimedia project. See the entire project here: https://www.thequint.com/quintlab/ambedkar-dalit-army-fights-caste-atrocities-in-uttar-pradesh/
– सुभाष गाताडे
जुल्म
तशद्दुद
झूठ
बग़ावत
आगजनी
खूं
कर्फ्यू
फायर ….
हमने इन्हें बिरसे में दिए हैं
ये बच्चे
क्या देंगे हमको ???
(कविता: बच्चे – मुसाफि़र पालनपुरी,
‘कुछ तो कहो यारों!’ सम्पादन: आयशा खान)
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नूरा कुश्ती की समाप्ति के बाद
सियासत में आपसी सत्ता-संघर्ष अक्सर व्यक्तियों के इर्दगिर्द सिमटते दिखते हैं। Continue reading मोदी: तिलिस्म और हक़ीकत
The system of untouchability has been a goldmine for the Hindus. This system affords 60 millions of untouchables to do the dirty work of scavenging and sweeping to the 240 million Hindus who are debarred by their religion to do such dirty work. But the work must be done for the Hindus and who else than the untouchables?
– Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Whether Shit Collection or cleaning of gutters – which has condemned lakhs of people to a life of indignity since ages – could be considered a ‘Spiritual Experience.’ Definitely not. Everybody would yell. Well, Mr Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat, has a different take on this, which he mentions in the book ‘Karmayog’ (Publication year 2007). Continue reading Modi’s Social Engineering
Rajamma, a resident of Natham, looks at her burnt house with vacant eyes. The more she looks at it, the harder the tears fall. Every part of her house — each brick painstakingly collected — is a small fountain of memories for her, reminding her of the backbreaking work done by her late husband at the local landlord’s house.
Now, all that is in the past. Continue reading The Ashes of Dharampuri
KAFILA - COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006 