Well rant, well reduce, well froth....well also put it all in print from now. Taking another step in the journey towards sharing knowledge, resources and efforts to bring about a welcome new movement against brahminical hegemony in publishing. ~ Our forthcoming books ~ * A short bio-narrative on the liberator Ayyankali. He had said: “If you don’t allow our children to study, weeds will grow in your fields.. Now weeds will grow in the minds of appropriators and other knowledge parasites.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * A collection of essays, interviews and articles from the archives of Insight Young Voices, a Dalit students magazine which heralded a new movement in anti-caste writing and thinking by young Dalitbahujan voices in the first decade of the twenty first century. Published entirely through voluntary efforts by young students and activists, twelve issues of the magazine were brought out in the period 2004 to 2008. A pathbreaking endeavour in many senses. The book shall be a very sharp, insightful account of recent history. Dr Ambedkar said: Humans are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die. We salute Insight Young Voices for being a part of the process of cultivating ideas in recent times. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * The first of a series of books against the appropriation of the thoughts and writing of anti-caste revolutionaries, poets, bards, leaders.. A collection of essays, interviews and speeches, this book critiques the recent recorded attempt of appropriation and manipulation of Babasahebs classic text Annihilation of Caste with an introduction and annotation project. It illuminates how the Roy-Navayana project can only be described with a term like colonization. It is not an act of intellectual theft, for theft is done stealthily with the fear of being caught. But you dont notice any fear in this project, only the brazenness of colonizers. Babasaheb said: Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle.... Goats are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions. The relentless struggle to reclaim the voices and the canon of the anti-caste revolutionaries of ages past has begun. This book doesnt make any appeals, it challenges the colonizers and exposes their politics thoroughly. The age of lions is here. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * Two compilations of translations of Dalit, anti-caste poetry from two Indian languages. Sivasagar, the Telugu poet and life long ideologue-revolutionary, said: I am the soldier! I am the battlefield too! Every word is a soldier, and a battlefield too, in these books. Sound the bugles! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Watch this space for more details! Jai Bhim!
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:03:02 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015