Ravidassia, a small religious community, is working hard to make California the first state in the United States to outlaw caste discrimination. The members of this group are followers of Ravidas – an Indian guru – who preached caste and class equality
Stalin said: “All have to work together at a time casteist and communal forces are trying to assert themselves. The Vaikom struggle is a beacon and, similar to the unity seen a century ago, all should work together.”
It is one of the tragic dilemmas of the colonial situation that the national revolution and the social revolution in a colonial society tend to develop apart from one another, Jyotirao Phule represented a very different set of interests and a very different outlook on India from all the upper caste elite thinkers of the so-called Indian Renaissance who have dominated the
Remembering Satyashodhak Judge P.B. Sawant s Anti-Caste Legacy
While several senior activists, politicians and sociologists gained immensely from Justice Sawant s scholarship, it was the youth who he was particularly keen on with interacting.
Justice P.B. Sawant speaking at a BAMCEF annual convention. Photo: BAMCEF
Rights16/Feb/2021
Mumbai: Soon after his retirement from the Supreme Court in 1995, Justice P.B. Sawant began his socio-political journey. The annual convention of the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (abbreviated as BAMCEF) was the first such public appearance, but not the only one.
While Justice Sawant went on to attend over 15-16 such BAMCEF national conventions, the 2020 convention being the last one, he also remained committed to a wide range of social movements across the state. âAnnihilation of caste was at the heart of such engagements,â recalls D.D. Ambade, national treasurer of BAMCEF.