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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Social Justice In India: A Comparative Study Of Rawls And Ambedkar, Abinash Darnal
Social Justice In India: A Comparative Study Of Rawls And Ambedkar, Abinash Darnal
Comparative Philosophy
Justice has always been central to political philosophy over a period of time. No doubt, throughout the ages, countless philosophers have understood justice in different ways. Nevertheless, they have consented that a good society is a just society. Moreover, justice is a distributive concept and is concerned with the distribution of wealth, leisure, liberty, friendship, love, etc. Twentieth century justice came to be discussed usually in relation to social life in general, and the distribution of material rewards in particular and usually came to be known as ‘Social Justice’. Social justice as such came to be accepted as the fair …
Boundation & Bindās: Ambedkarite Youth In A Global Buddhist Movement, Mallory Jacklin Hennigar
Boundation & Bindās: Ambedkarite Youth In A Global Buddhist Movement, Mallory Jacklin Hennigar
Dissertations - ALL
In this dissertation I engage with the stories of young adult Indians from Scheduled Caste and Tribe and Other Backward Caste backgrounds who have come to study at Nagaloka Centre, a Buddhist training center in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Some of them are Ambedkarites or people who take Dr. B.R. Ambedkar – leader of the Dalit community and author of the Indian constitution – as their hero and exemplar. Some of them are Buddhists or people who follow the teachings of Śākyamuni Buddha in one manner or another. Some of them are just young people in tough situations, seeking a way out. …
The “Untouchable” Who Touched Millions: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Navayana Buddhism, And Complexity In Social Work Scholarship On Religion, Siddhesh Mukerji
The “Untouchable” Who Touched Millions: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Navayana Buddhism, And Complexity In Social Work Scholarship On Religion, Siddhesh Mukerji
College of Education and Social Services Faculty Publications
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was a twentieth century socio-political and religious reformer whose activities impacted millions of lives, especially among India’s Dalit community. This article illustrates his lifework and its lessons for social work scholarship on religion. Using the examples of Ambedkar and Navayana Buddhism, I discuss three sources of complexity for social work scholarship on religion: 1) religion may function as both oppressive and emancipatory; 2) religion is malleable, not monolithic; and 3) religion is situated in and interactive with contexts. I conclude with suggestions for how social work scholarship on religion may account for complexity.
“I Am The Mahar Of Your Mahars:” Cokhāmelā, The Modern Dalit Movement, And The Dalit Christian Theology, Chris Conway
“I Am The Mahar Of Your Mahars:” Cokhāmelā, The Modern Dalit Movement, And The Dalit Christian Theology, Chris Conway
School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications
Over the last century, Cokhāmelā’s place and prominence in the Modern Dalit Movement and Dalit Christian theology have waned significantly. As the liberating potential of his work failed to be actualized, and more recent Dalit figures like Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and movements like Dalit Sahitya began to examine his work and life more critically, Cokhāmelā and his abhangas were found inadequate. Cokhāmelā became identified as one whose conscientisation remained incomplete, primarily because he failed to convert from Hinduism and saw his caste through the lens of karma. This essay re-examines Cokhāmelā’s life, death, and legacy so as to reassess his …
India's Dalit Moment, Gabriel Kenneth Carroll Conlon
India's Dalit Moment, Gabriel Kenneth Carroll Conlon
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This summer a brutal attack on Dalit youths in the Indian state of Gujarat set off months of street protests. The attack and subsequent protests underscored the persistence of caste-based discrimination in rural India, and the often brutal manner in which Dalits – members of India’s lowest castes – are excluded from everyday society. “India’s Dalit Moment” is a field report examining the causes and protagonists of the revolt. With on-the-ground reporting in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Bihar, this multimedia piece – including print, radio and photo elements – conveys a synthetic, but detailed window into the Dalit community …
Ambedkar And Constituent Assembly, Vivek Kumar Srivastava Dr.
Ambedkar And Constituent Assembly, Vivek Kumar Srivastava Dr.
Vivek Kumar Srivastava Dr.
Ambedkar was instrumental in drafting of India constitution but he had his own vision for the constitution.
Mooknayak: The Mute Protagonist, Ananya Vajpeyi
A Leader For Every Generation, Ananya Vajpeyi
“Let Poetry Be A Sword!”: How Dr Nagaraj Changed The Way We Read Gandhi And Ambedkar, Ananya Vajpeyi
“Let Poetry Be A Sword!”: How Dr Nagaraj Changed The Way We Read Gandhi And Ambedkar, Ananya Vajpeyi
History Faculty Publication Series
However significant DR Nagaraj's role role in the Dalit Movement in Karnataka and outside, his most lasting legacy will prove to be his utterly original reading of Gandhi, Ambedkar and the complex relationship between these two founders of modern India in the early part of the 20th century, especially as regards their—apparently— conflicting views on the caste system and on the problem of untouchability. DR’s seminal essay, ‘Self-Purification versus Self-Respect,’ first published in The Flaming Feet in 1993, cannot but alter any reader’s understanding of Gandhian and Ambedkarite positions on the untouchable and on the meanings of caste in Indian …