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Who gets to write about Ambedkar?

Six new reappraisals show the gulf between Dalit-Bahujan and anglophone writing on B R Ambedkar. Harish S Wankhede writes.

#BRAmbedkar #ambedkar #biography #history #dalits #bahujan #ambedkarites #SocialJustice #caste #SavitaAmbedkar #DhananjayKeer #ChristopheJaffrelot #GailOmvedt #ValerianRodrigues #buddhism #JohnDewey #ScottRStroud #WilliamGould #SantoshDass #ShashiTharoor #books #bookstodon #india #activism

https://www.himalmag.com/ambedkar-biography-caste-dalit-bahujan-savita-hindutva-gandhi-phule-buddha/

Who gets to write about Ambedkar?

Six new reappraisals show the gulf between Dalit-Bahujan and anglophone writing on B R Ambedkar. Harish S Wankhede writes.

#BRAmbedkar #ambedkar #biography #history #dalits #bahujan #ambedkarites #SocialJustice #caste #SavitaAmbedkar #DhananjayKeer #ChristopheJaffrelot #GailOmvedt #ValerianRodrigues #buddhism #JohnDewey #ScottRStroud #WilliamGould #SantoshDass #ShashiTharoor #books #bookstodon #india #activism

https://www.himalmag.com/ambedkar-biography-caste-dalit-bahujan-savita-hindutva-gandhi-phule-buddha/

I can understand both viewpoints. Fundamentally, I agree with the first. #Caste has to be annihilated. I grew up in a #caste society in India and this was in New Delhi - the capital city. Talking about #caste was common. #Reservation was a very very sticky issue. My (faulty) perception as a child was that I didn't get into an #IIT because some undeserving person took my seat.

Having met and worked with #Dalit #Bahujan people since, I couldn't have been more wrong. And, I am ashamed.

I can understand both viewpoints. Fundamentally, I agree with the first. #Caste has to be annihilated. I grew up in a #caste society in India and this was in New Delhi - the capital city. Talking about #caste was common. #Reservation was a very very sticky issue. My (faulty) perception as a child was that I didn't get into an #IIT because some undeserving person took my seat.

Having met and worked with #Dalit #Bahujan people since, I couldn't have been more wrong. And, I am ashamed.

There are two main viewpoints:
1. People are excited - caste has been a complex social structure that has persisted for thousands of years for a majority population of the world. These are members of the #Indian #Bahujan population in the US.

2. People fear that this legislation will further the stigma immigrants already face. These are #Hindus and other #Indians.

There are two main viewpoints:
1. People are excited - caste has been a complex social structure that has persisted for thousands of years for a majority population of the world. These are members of the #Indian #Bahujan population in the US.

2. People fear that this legislation will further the stigma immigrants already face. These are #Hindus and other #Indians.

My home city of #Seattle recently passed an ordinance that bans caste discrimination. The Indian diaspora in the Seattle is split.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/us/seattle-bans-caste-discrimination-cec/index.html

#Caste #India #Hindu #Immigrants #Bahujan #Dalit

My home city of #Seattle recently passed an ordinance that bans caste discrimination. The Indian diaspora in the Seattle is split.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/us/seattle-bans-caste-discrimination-cec/index.html

#Caste #India #Hindu #Immigrants #Bahujan #Dalit

OK, lets get into this #introduction business. 10 years ago I didn't mind putting my identity in my bio, but over the years it's felt more restrictive.
So instead, a bunch of hashtags about things I'm likely to post or boost about -
#Delhi #India #Crows #Cephalopods #Cetaceans #Caste #Race #Queer #Dalit #Adivasi #Bahujan #Ambedkarite #Environment #Hindutva #Feminism #Fanfic #Pakistan #Kenya #Nigeria #Ghana #SouthAsia #Africa #MediaCriticism #PettyWhining #Shitposts #FediverseMeta #Perimenopause

OK, lets get into this #introduction business. 10 years ago I didn't mind putting my identity in my bio, but over the years it's felt more restrictive.
So instead, a bunch of hashtags about things I'm likely to post or boost about -
#Delhi #India #Crows #Cephalopods #Cetaceans #Caste #Race #Queer #Dalit #Adivasi #Bahujan #Ambedkarite #Environment #Hindutva #Feminism #Fanfic #Pakistan #Kenya #Nigeria #Ghana #SouthAsia #Africa #MediaCriticism #PettyWhining #Shitposts #FediverseMeta #Perimenopause

Follow @thesatyashodhak for news and views from #Dalit #Bahujan and #Adivasi voices.
(And I hope those tags get populated soon!)

The Dalit-Bahujan Guide to Understanding Caste in Hindu Scripture

"Those with sovereignty in a system of oppression can think of that system as stabilizing, but those condemned to the slavery of the system — will view it for what it is — exploitative and destabilizing." #dalit #bahujan #adivasi #india #caste #varna #jati

https://medium.com/@Bahujan_Power/the-dalit-bahujan-guide-to-understanding-caste-in-hindu-scripture-417db027fce6

Listen to the most recent episode of our podcast: Ep 7: Aditi Priya on marginalised students in India’s higher education institutions
@[email protected] #bahujan #economics

https://anchor.fm/the-india-forum/episodes/Ep-7-Aditi-Priya-on-marginalised-students-in-Indias-higher-education-institutions-eqolm9