धर्मनिरपेक्षता
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...
December 4, 2015
Revisiting the legacy of Allah Bakhsh and other patriotic Muslims
About the Book
“Dr. Shamsul Islam has written the most neglected chapter in the history of the Indian freedom struggle: on Muslims who were opposed to Partition. Based on ground-breaking research, it is an outstanding contribution which should set the record straight in great measure.“
Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed, Professor...
December 3, 2015
DWARKA COLLECTIVE Invites You to Dwarka Baat Cheet on Ayodhya : A symbol of Syncretic Culture
by Dr KM Shrimali …..and for a vibrant discussion thereafter…
on Sunday, December 6, 2015 – 3 to 5 pm at Maxfort School, Sector 7, Dwarka, New Delhi
Dr. K.M. Shirmali is an eminent Indian historian, Professor of Ancient Indian History and...