P K Rosy: The First Dalit female actor of Malayalam cinema
She was Malayalam cinema’s first woman actor. But far from being hailed for breaking the glass ceiling, PK...
Sulochanabai Dongre: Dalit Feminist Who Advocated For Birth Control And Women’s Education
With conversations around safe abortion rights and the pro-choice movement at its peak, one must not forget the...
Broken Men, The Pre-Untouchables – Dr Ambedkar
There was a time when the ancestors of the present day Untouchables were not Untouchables vis-a-vis the villagers...
Dr Ambedkar and the other Depressed classes
Babasaheb Ambedkar considered three great souls his ‘gurus’: Mahatma Buddha, Mahatma Kabir and Mahatma Phule. None of them...
Dr. Ambedkar, A Brave Fighter – Lord Mountbatten
I became interested in Dr. Ambedkar in 1943 when I was appointed Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia,...
The Vaikom Satyagraha Agitations against Hindu ‘upper caste’ for securing the basic civil right
The Vaikom Satyagraha 30th March 1924 was a satyagraha (movement) in Travancore, India (now part of Kerala) against...
Kalaram Temple entry movement by Dr. Ambedkar For Equal Rights.
Kalaram Temple entry movement formed a pivotal role in the Dalit movement in India. B. K (Dadasaheb) Gaikwad and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar led a protest outside the temple on 2 March 1930, in order to allowing Dalits into the temple.
The genocide of Dalits at Marichjhapi in West Bengal
Marichjhapi massacre of Dalit refugees by Left government in Bengal is just one incident. Even before Marichjhapi there...
The originator of “Jai Bhim” was Babu L. N. Hardas
JAI BHIM– the greeting used by the Ambedkarites, coined by L. N. Hardas an ardent follower of Dr....
Birth Anniversary Of Kranti Jyoti Savitribai Phule
Savitribai Phule and her husband Jyotirao Phule had opened India’s first school for women in Maharashtra’s Pune in...