Parzania (Banned Movie)

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Appropriation of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar

Let us talk about the 'appropriation' of Dr. Ambedkar!
Arundhati Roy wrote the introduction of Dr. Ambedkar's 'The Annihilation of Caste', published by Navayana in 2014. It caused outrage in some Ambedkerites, who argued that Arundhati Roy, being a non-Dalit, has no right to write the introduction of the AoC and that it is nothing but 'appropriation' and 'colonization' of Ambedkar. We may agree, disagree, criticize or even rubbish the Arundhati Roy's introduction to the AoC, but arguing that she has no right to write about Ambedkar is symptomatic of the prevailing sectarianism among a section of Ambedkarites and goes against the very democratic principles for which Dr Ambedkar fought throughout his life.
For the mainstream political parties Dr Ambedkar was just a Dalit leader until very recently, whose only contribution was to help draft the Constitution of India. Every communist party in India rejected him as a petty bourgeois liberal. Possessed by an abstract and unhistorical idea of class struggle not knowing what it means in a society like India that was subjected to the colonial rule for more than two centuries, the communist parties of all hue miserably failed to understand that the fight for the annihilation of caste is very much internal to class struggle in Indian sub-continent .
Dr Ambedkar is now haunting the brhaminical ruling classes in India. The growing importance of Dr Ambedkar in contemporary Indian politics is mainly due to two reasons that of course are interrelated. First: post 1947, the ruling Congress party as well as the Left believed that the institution of caste was the remnants of our feudal past and that it would automatically wither away in post-colonial India under the weight of the forces of ‘modernization’ and ‘development’. The experience of the last seven decades has conclusively proved that it was an erroneously wishful thinking. On the contrary, the institution of caste has successfully Brahminized the ‘modernization’ and ‘development’ processes. Second: the majority of Dalits still lack dignified employment, access to health and education; they face daily violence and discrimination from the caste Hindus. The massive discontent among the Dalits and other oppressed castes has given rise to the powerful movement for social justice. In the last three decades, many Ambedkarite parties have come up in different parts of India making social justice as their main plank.
The ruling classes always try to appropriate the leaders and movements of the oppressed people. The appropriation takes place at different levels—the ruling classes, at times, accept some of the demands of the oppressed people, demands which don’t threatened the existing power structures; by consciously diluting the radical ideas and concept emerging out of movements; by giving privileges and power to those leaders of the oppressed people who clearly show the promise of not questioning the existing power relations etc.
The mainstream political parties in India are desperately trying to appropriate Dr Ambedkar. The RSS’ mouthpiece ‘Organiser’ brought out two special issues on Dr Ambedkar in last one year. The BJP government is organising a series of programme to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Dr Ambedkar.
In this context it is also important to talk about the appropriation of Dr Ambedkar by some so called Ambedkarite organizations and intellectuals, who in order to gain power and privileges in the existing brahminical system, consciously abandon Dr Ambedkar’s vision of the annihilation of caste. We see today a number of big Dalit leaders, from Ramvilas Paswan to Ramdas Athawale, Udit Raj to Jiten Ram Manjhi have joined hands with the RSS/BJP. They are just mute spectator in the face of growing violence against the Dalits.
In the fight for the emancipation of the oppressed people the question of representation is extremely important. However, if the fight for representation becomes an end in itself, it ends up reproducing the existing power structures. Barack Obama is the president of the US for the last eight years. However, the violence and discrimination against the racial minorities in the US have continued unabated.
Coming back to the appropriation of Dr. Ambedkar, let us agree for a moment that the Arundhati Roy’s introduction to the AoC is an act of appropriation of Dr. Ambedkar. But I am unable to make sense of the disproportionate expression of ‘hatred’ towards her for writing the introduction of the AoC. I don’t see such hatred towards the RSS/BJP, which is a pan Indian organization, for its attempt to appropriate Dr Ambedkar. Is Arundhati Roy more powerful than the RSS/BJP?

#URIATTACK_______shweta raj

Condemn the Terrorist Attack on # Uri Army Camp!
Govt Must Shun Jingoist Rhetoric and Ensure Actual Security for Army and Strategic Bases!
# AISA condemns in strongest terms the terrorist attack at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir that has claimed the lives of 17 Indian soldiers, and extends condolences to the families of the soldiers who have been killed.
The attacks at Pathankot and Uri underline that the Modi Government’s rhetoric on national security is in contrast to its failure to secure even the bases and camps of security forces. It has chosen to deploy armed forces to deal with civilian protests in Jammu and Kashmir, while leaving army camps vulnerable to terrorist attacks.
The Indian Government should not use the Uri attack to cover up its own inadequacies and failures to address and resolve the Kashmir situation in a democratic way and to secure military bases from terrorist attacks. Uri attack should not be used as another pretext for violence on Kashmiri civilians.
Instead of war-mongering rhetoric and attempts to justify the repression unleashed on Kashmiri people, what is urgently needed is securing army bases from infiltrators and terrorist attacks without undermining the efforts for democratic dialogue with all sections of Kashmiri people, towards a political solution of the Kashmir dispute.

जंग से किसी मसअले का हल नहीं होता, जंग तो ख़ुद में एक मसअला है !!

प्रिय मोदी जी
याद है
जब इस तरह की वारदातों पर मनमोहन सिंह चुप रह जाते थे, तो आप कहा करते थे कि डूब मरो !
आज निज़ाम बदला है, कुर्सी पर ख़ुद आप हैं और जनता आपसे सवाल कर रही है !
यही सच है कि देश की सबसे बडी कुर्सी पर बैठे हुए शख़्स की तमाम मजबूरियॉं होती हैं, दुनिया के तमाम मुल्कों का दबाव होता है !
ये दबाव पिछली सरकारों पर भी था !
लेकिन तब आपने बहोत मज़ाक उडाया था सरदार जी का !
वीर रस के कवियों ने तो कविता से ही पाकिस्तान फतेह कर दिया था !
चैनलों के पत्रकारों ने टी वी चैनल को जंग का मैदान बना दिया था
लेकिन आज जब ख़ुद जवाबदेही का वक्त आया है तो सिर्फ निंदा हो रही है !
मोदी जी और राजनाथ जी
बडबोलापन हमेशा आदमी को परेशान करता है, आज आपको परेशान कर रहा है !
अगर एक सर के बदले दस सर लाने का वादा आपने ना किया होता तो शायद आज आपसे इतने सवाल ना होते !
अगर आप लाहौर तलक घुस कर मारने की बातें ना किये होते भाषणों में तो आपका मज़ाक ना उडता !
जुमलों से सरकार बनाई तो जा सकती है
चलाई नहीं जा सकती !
अब भी आपसे गुज़ारिश है कि देश इस मुद्दे पर आपके साथ खडा है !
हम आपको जंग के लिये उकसा नहीं रहे हैं, क्यूँकि हमने हर रोज़ मुल्क में लहू देख रहे हैं, अब और नहीं देखना चाहते हैं !
बस ये है कि कुछ एैसा स्थायी हल निकाल दीजिये कि हमें अपने सैनिकों की लाशें ना देखनी पडें !

Terrorists came. Killed our 17 fearless soldiers___Ashish Singh

Terrorists came. Killed our 17 fearless soldiers.
What pains me more is Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is more worried about next Goa Elections and is busy giving statements against Kejriwal and his throat surgery.
Horrible Home Minister Rajnath Singh, The official 'Kadi Ninda karte hai' Minister did kadi ninda as expected. He said 'we won't tolerate all these things....'
What did you do so that you don't tolerate this? Who'll take action against this? Why do you still behave as if you're still the opposition and not the Government?
Just watched a few pre-polls videos of Modi. He had said before elections, Wo humare Ek jawan marenge to hum 10 sar kat ke layenge. No, I didn't support your violent statement then, Nor will I request you to do that now. But Sir, Half of your tenure is over. Tumne abhi tak kya Ukhad liya? Forget about other promises to general public, What did you do to avoid cross border terrorism? WTF did you do?
You also said that Pakistan ko usi Ki bhasha me jawab dena chaiye. Kab denge? Kab tak logo ko aise bhashan dete dete Qutiya banaoge? Aur kab tak?
We are ashamed to have a coward PM like you. Where is all your Josh which you showed before elections? Ohohohoho kya achi achi baatein karte the. Bhakton ko Maza aa jata tha sun Ke.
Kyun? Congress Kaam Nahi karne deti Kya? Ya ab bhi opposition wali feeling aati hai?
Deshbhakti zabardasti Ki Bharat mata Ki Jai bolne se sidd Nahi hoti, Deshbhakti apne kamo se sidd hoti hai. Your former counter part Atal Bihari Vajpayee was brave enough to name Pakistan Govt for terrorist attacks in front of hundreds of countries in UNO meeting and You're just a coward who just speaks and does nothing. Stop fooling the country.
Sad day.
# UriAttack
via - Ashish Singhal

Is it me?? ____ ::Shams Kabir

IS IT JUST ME?
I was trying to look up the names of the 17 soldiers who died in the attack.
Cannot find any references. Help me there. Was going to try to personalise the loss. It seems I am alone. Lots of hoopla. Lots of statements. The army continues to suffer for equipment. For funds. For pay! For pension. No one will address their needs but they will grieve for them. Hell, you sent them to their deaths.
And yes. The debate will be about liberals. The hyper-nationalists will drone. You will notice all their reactions will be challenging. Challenging the liberals. The pacifists. Challenging the Kashmiris. The Muslims. So on.
Almost no thought to the personal losses sustained. No thought to the cavalier treatment of our army. Nothing.
As sorry as sorry can get.
# HelpTheArmy

Who’s afraid of student politics?

Article 19 of the Indian Constitution gives all Indian citizens the right to freedom of speech and expression, the right to assemble peacefully and without arms and the right to form associations or unions. These are fundamental rights, and cannot be taken away unless there is a situation of declared emergency. Therefore, as citizens of this country who have full voting rights, students (or any group of citizens, for that matter) have the right to form associations and unions.

Successive governments over the years have quietly stolen away this fundamental right from us, even in the absence of any declared emergency, as a result of which the rights and protections available to citizens have terribly declined. First came the “Special Economic Zones”, which were created as insulated spaces to give a free hand to big corporate players, and where no protection for workers would be available, as Indian labour laws won’t hold. The right to go on strike and the right to demand better working conditions was practically snatched away from employees. Now, universities are being turned into such “special” and insulated zones where the rights accorded to young Indians under Article 19 are being taken away.

For the record, the Narendra Modigovernment alone is not responsible for this, even though it has embarked on a special mission to wage a war against students. Congress governments over the years have had a special interest in curbing progressive student politics, as students have tried to resist the privatisation of education — a project that was inaugurated by the Congress, throwing the future of millions of underprivileged young Indians into the dark. Student unions have constructively intervened and prevented the onslaught of these disastrous policies. For the Modi government, in addition to paving the way for total commercialisation of education, there is an additional interest in curbing student politics — that is, the attempt to turn the campuses into saffron fortresses. By making Smriti Iranithe minister for HRD, Modi has transported the vendetta politics characteristic of saas-bahu serials to the arena of higher education, where the government is waging a turf war with university students.

A report of a government panel on the New Education Policy, headed by T.S.R. Subramanian, has come up with a set of ridiculous diktats such as putting curbs on student politics, especially on student groups “explicitly based on caste and religion” and encouraging yoga on campuses. It appears that, rather than the panel giving suggestions to the government, it is the government that has dictated the content of the panel report. It would be interesting to know the response of the RSS on this issue, as the student wing of the RSS, namely the ABVP, is responsible for hooligan activities in campuses across India. Would the BJP and the RSS advocate banning of the ABVP as well? Also, the ABVP is directly involved in spreading anti-Muslim, anti-women and anti-Dalit propaganda on campuses. Does the panel characterise the ABVP as an organisation based on caste, considering that ABVP leaders and cadres are almost fully drawn from the upper castes? Or is it the case that only Dalits have caste and upper castes are casteless?

Let us take an example. Would an “Ambedkar Students’ Association” be characterised as one based on caste? If yes, then would a “Vivekananda Study Circle” also be called a caste-based organisation? And how about a “Bhagat Singh Chhatra Morcha”? Obviously, none of these organisations mention the word “caste”. But the casteist society that we live in teaches us to think of Ambedkar as having a caste, as if Vivekananda or Bhagat Singh, were casteless. Quite obviously, this diktat will be used to target Muslim students’ organisations. On JNU campus, the right-wing runs several fronts, namely the “Savarna Chhatra Morcha” (literally meaning, twice-born student front), Hindu Vidyarthi Sena (Hindu student army), but obviously, we will never see a BJP minister writing letters against such caste- or religion-based organisations. However, the Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya was quick to brandRohith Vemula and his friends in the Ambedkar Students’ Association as casteist.

There is an attempt to portray student activism as mere rabble-rousing and as affecting academics. Is that the case? The MHRD’s own report ranks JNU and HCU as the top institutions. Student activism is not destroying academics. On the contrary, student activism is making campuses inclusive, where students belonging to diverse backgrounds bring in their unique perspectives, which gives rise to original thinking. This is true not only for the social sciences but also for pure and applied science branches. As an example, the mainstream thinking in science (which has been called “malestream” by feminist theorists) would have us memorise, without questioning, that women’s bodily capacity is weaker than that of men. However, the son of a woman who works as a construction worker can tell us that this is wrong. Women construction workers or agricultural workers do the exact same amount of physical work, in addition to the so-called “domestic” chores as well, including care work. It is then that we understand that such malestream science is not only politically lopsided, but also inaccurate.

In fact, is it not bias that introduces inaccuracy? Is it not a basic tenet of science that we must question? Student activism has kept the spirit of questioning alive, and also fights for inclusion. In order to ensure that tribals, Dalits and other poor people can send their children to schools, colleges and universities, we fight.

The report mentions that students must stop agitating. My advice to the government is to stop pursuing anti-people, communal, anti-student and anti-women policies. The agitations will stop, trust me.

Sanket Mishra writes

- Violence, murders and gangrapes by the "cow protectors" in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.
- 85 civilians have been killed in Kashmir since July'16. Around 6000 civilians and 1800 security personnel have been injured in the ongoing violence in the Valley. Hundreds have been seriously injured because of the use of pellet guns by Army. A large number of the victims of pellet guns have been hit in their eyes causing permanent damage.
- Seventeen soldiers and four militants were killed today during an attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri town.
Now, based on your agenda, you pick an incident to feel good or bad about it. You choose victims, villains and heroes among the unfortunate ones. You support. You protest. You debate. You praise. You criticize. You abuse. You forget. You rock. Har Har Modi. Kejriwal Zaroori Hai. Rahul Gandhi Gandu Hai. Pakistan Ki Maa Ki Aankh. But... you fail to understand the pain of those who suffer. You fail to identify those who make them suffer. You fail to realize that you too play a part in making them suffer by ignoring what makes them suffer. You fail.

Shehla Rashid writes

If the Uri attack demonstrates anything, it is the fact that the Indian state is pitting people against people, substituting a democratic resolution of Kashmir issue with a process of bloodbath and violence. Whoever cares for the lives of the slain Indian soldiers must ask for the right to self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, a peaceful and dignified resolution to the issue, rather than a prolonged war. The terror attack is sad and condemnable, and so is the continued state terror being unleashed on Kashmiris for the past two months and more. If in Srinagar, a single dog dies, Maneka Gandhi flies down to Srinagar and demands action against people. However, the streets of Srinagar are being coloured with the blood of Kashmiris, and not a single voice is raised. CRPF fires into the houses of Kashmiris, killing people and blinding them. It's an all out war on the unarmed people. On the other hand, by the army's own admission, more soldiers are dying due to suicide and depression than in combat. Dear Indian people, plz understand. Your government is lying to you. It is carrying on a fight which it has morally lost. Stop the moral support to the state violence in Kashmir. That's the only way to save lives of young Indian men who go to serve in the armed forces.
PS: Sanghi trolls who are quick to call this "Islamic" attack, should be asked why they are not demanding an investigation into the attack. Is it not necessary? Or an Arnab Goswami show on the issue will suffice??