धर्मनिरपेक्षता
January 9, 2016
A protest will be organised at the Kalina Campus Gate, Mumbai University, on Sat, 9th Jan 2016, 11 AM against the atrocities of the government and police.
As you all are aware, students of FTII are fighting against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan and other incapable person to FTII governing council. Today, they assembled at main gate of the FTII to protest against Gajendra Chauhan who had...
January 7, 2016
Concerned by the divisive forces of communalism, and its influence on children, the Centre for Science, Culture and Education conducted a workshop to examine ways of dealing with the situation. This collection of short stories focusing on communal harmony is an offshoot of this workshop. It is the first in a series on affirmative themes. Contributors: Zai Whitaker, Poile Sengupta, Shama Futehally...
December 30, 2015
The origin of the Sarva Bhasha Samvad lay in understanding the situation of the country and an attempt to reaffirm faith in the principles of diversity, plurality and integrity. Writers, Artists and Activists from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa undertook a Dakshinayan sojourn in the last week of November 2015. They visited the bereaved families of the Late Dr. Narendra Dabholkar,...
December 19, 2015
Shivaji, valorised in Maharashtrian folklore as a riyasaton ka raja (the king of the smaller kingdoms/landholdings) has in turn been dismissed by contemporary historians and ‘captured’ by the extreme Hindutvawaadi (politically supremacist) right who would obscure the caste dimensions of his rise to power and especially, his coronation.
Within Maharashtra, however renowned...
December 17, 2015
Jana-Nudi was initiated three years ago by a small group called Abhimata. This group Abhimata consists of similar thinking young political beings hailing from coastal Karnataka which apart from being known for its high educational rate and industries has been deeply troubled because of increased communalisation and because of the violence of the so called development.
One of the finest...
December 12, 2015
The country witnesses its first experience governance in Shivaji’s swarajya. It was not supported by education the country remained impoverished intellectually. One dimension of the nation was strengthened by practical experience. Those who had become impoverished and were insignificant started performing miraculously heroic deeds. The Brahmins subsisting on alms turned into statesmen;...
December 9, 2015
(जनकवि रमाशंकर 'विद्रोही' को जन संस्कृति मंच की श्रद्धांजलि)
कल ८ दिसंबर, २०१५ को शाम ४.३० के करीब जनकवि रमाशंकर 'विद्रोही' ने दिल्ली में अंतिम साँसें लीं. विद्रोही ने अपनों के बीच, आन्दोलन के मोर्चे पर अंतिम साँसे लीं. जैसा वे जिए, वैसा ही मरे. जैसे कोई मध्यकालीन संत शताब्दियाँ पार करके आधुनिक सभ्यता के जंगलों में आ निकले, उसकी सारी विडंबनाएं और चोटें झेलते, वैसे ही...
December 8, 2015
Demolishing a Dream
This volume is essential reading for those who want to know why a religious issue so dominates the political landscape of a modern, resurgent nation in the 21st century. The politics, the legality and the morality of those who would make Ayodhya an epitaph for the vibrant democracy that is India is what this compilation of CR Irani's writings lay bare.
Hardcover: 210...
December 7, 2015
पिछले हफ़्ते बड़ी बहस हुई. सेकुलर मायने क्या? धर्म-निरपेक्ष या पंथ-निरपेक्ष? धर्म क्या है? पंथ क्या है? अँगरेज़ी में जो 'रिलीजन' है, वह हिन्दी में क्या है—धर्म कि पंथ? हिन्दू धर्म है या हिन्दू पंथ? इसलाम धर्म है या इसलाम पंथ? ईसाई धर्म है या ईसाई पंथ? बहस नयी नहीं है. गाहे-बगाहे इस कोने से, उस कोने से उठती रही है. लेकिन वह कभी कोनों से आगे बढ़ नहीं पायी!
The Great...