Talons intact
Unless there is a frontal challenge to these unequal structures, the violence against the marginalised will continue as before, writes Asim Ali.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #BJP #NarendraModi #hindutva #lynching #CommunalViolence #dalits #minorities #AnandTeltumbde #authoritarianism #india
‘My state has done the greatest honour by putting me in jail’: Anand Teltumbde after receiving Karnataka’s Basava award
Teltumbde says the award is ‘an honour for all the faceless and countless activists struggling for making this world better for people to live’.
#AnandTeltumbde #karnataka #BasavaAward #dissent #BhimaKoregaonCase #BK16 #UAPA #DraconianLaws #india
'I never imagined I would have a jail life'
Anand Teltumbde, in an interview with Rediff.com Senior Contributor Neeta Kolhatkar, reveals, "I was made to stand naked before their CCTV camera. This is the sort of humiliating experience you undergo at Taloja jail."
#interview #AnandTeltumbde #BhimaKhoregaon #BK16 #ElgarParishad #UAPA #NIA #dalits #activism #SocialJustice #DraconianLaws #hindutva #maharashtra #SupremeCourt #india
Anand Teltumbde Explains the Genesis of His Articles on Bhima-Koregaon
Instead of addressing the pathetic condition of Dalits, many Ambedkarites are busy promoting a devotional cult of Babasaheb, hollowing out his radical content and helping the ruling classes exploit his legacy.
#AnandTeltumbde #BhimaKoregaon #ElgarParishad #ambedkar #ambedkarites #dalits #maharashtra #india
https://thewire.in/rights/anand-teltumbde-explains-the-genesis-of-his-articles-on-bhima-koregaon
Has India Ever Been a Democracy?
Debashish Roy Chowdhury and John Keane's 'To Kill a Democracy' deals with the question how democracies get killed and dismisses the commonplace perspective of the “breakdowns”, writes Anand Teltumbde.
#democracy #constitution#authoritarianism #NarendraModi #BJP #wealth #billionaires #CronyCapitalism #hindutva #HinduNationalism #india #BookReview #books #bookstodon #DebashishRoyChowdhury #JohnKeane #AnandTeltumbde
The ugly face of justice: Anand Teltumbde reviews Abdul Wahid Shaikh’s ‘Innocent Prisoners’
The book exposes a sinister modus operandi of the police of charging innocent Muslims for terror acts, which is structurally made easier in India.
#BookReview #AbdulWahidShaikh #AnandTeltumbde #muslims #terrorism #UAPA #justice #law #police #IndianJudiciary #NIA #islamophobia #prisoners #prison #HumanRights #intelligence #india #books #bookstodon
Young rebellions
Anand Teltumbde's review of Nikhila Henry's 'The Ferment', a book chronicling the recent wave of youth movements in India against ascendant Hindutva and neoliberalism.
#BookReview #NikhilaHenry #AnandTeltumbde #DalitActivism #dalits #dalit #hindutva #neoliberalism #history #activism #RSS #BJP #india #archives #books #bookstodon
