SAVARI There are big costs to be politicized against dominant ideologies and power structures. The extreme nature of penalties and violence borne by Dalit families …
I hate being an external mediator for Bahujan women
Pradnya Jadhav As a student of social science, I often find myself in situations where something that I am asked to study directly conflicts with what I …
Babasaheb Ambedkar and Indian Women’s Franchise
SAVARI We at SAVARI remember Babasaheb Ambedkar’s remarkable contributions towards equality and justice by reproducing a section from the ‘Evidence before the Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform.’ …
Women at Mahad
SAVARI We remember the women who marched for all our rights, we remember women who marched for the last person’s rights, we remember men, women, …
‘Babasaheb: A Symbol of My Existence’
SAVARI In the book What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means To Me, authors tell their stories of how they became politicized. Like all stories, they hold many …
Adivasi Evictions and Brahmin-Savarna Environmentalists
Pradnya Mangala Since colonial times, the land grab of Adivasi lands is explained by many scholars as an integral and inevitable process of capital …
Kadupulo kasi (Hatred in the belly)
SAVARI An excerpt from Joopaka Subhadra’s article ‘Hatred in the belly ‘ in which the poet eloquently addressed the question, ‘but why can’t we write …
Started drawing portraits of Bahujan leaders for my daughters
Sonali Meshram It makes me giggle when my friends share my sketches with me on WhatsApp not knowing that I am the person behind them. …
Is knowledge male or female?
Goggavve Man gets the woman he pursues It is called adornment Woman gets the man she pursues What would they call it? Lose this duality, …
‘Bhima’s force shall keep growing…’
SAVARI The process of being politicized into an Ambedkarite consciousness is complex and varied. It is the only counter-culture that offers the possibility of complete …