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Democracy, Education, Movements, Politics

Cockroach Janata Party – Social Base, Caste and Social Justice: Pramod Ranjan

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Guest post by PRAMOD RANJAN

Ambedkar portrait at CJP protest
Ambedkar portrait at CJP protest, Image courtesy Karma Bhutia/PTI and Frontline

Few have noted that India’s much-discussed Gen Z student movement was started by young people from Bahujan communities. ‘Bahujan’ is a broad socio-political term for historically marginalised communities. The founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Abhijeet Dipke, comes from a Dalit family. Bahujan communities were also prominently represented among the organisation’s early office-bearers. Many young Sikhs and Muslims, including Mohammad Junaid, played important supporting roles in the movement. Young people from dwija, or traditionally ‘twice-born’ upper-caste, backgrounds joined later as office-bearers. Continue reading Cockroach Janata Party – Social Base, Caste and Social Justice: Pramod Ranjan →

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Statement by Teachers and Academics in Support of Dr. Hany Babu

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The following is a statement issues by teachers and academics in support of Dr Hany Babu, whose residence was raided early morning non 10 September by Pune Police

We, teachers and members of the academic community from across universities, are shocked to know of the illegal raid at the residence of Dr. Hany Babu, Associate Professor in the Department of English, University of Delhi on the morning of 10 September 2019. While the horrifying overreach of a search conducted without a warrant has become routine harassment for dissenting citizens, the attempt made by the Pune Police to forcefully detain Babu’s family for six hours and deprive them of any communication with lawyers or friends amounts to extreme duress. Finally, forcing Babu to change passwords and forfeit access to his email account and other personal online media clearly makes way for a possible planting of evidence, to concoct a case against an assumed ‘suspect’. 

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