रिंकू की कविताएं
मैं एक लड़की, एक दुसाध-दलित लड़की, एक मध्यम वर्ग से आने वाली लड़की, जो घर को घर जैसा नहीं देखती, घर क्या है नही समझती, और परिवार कौन और कैसे बनता है इस खोज में हूं। मेरे लिए घर के मायने बदल रहे है, परिवार के मायने बदल रहे है। Illustration by Ajinkya Dekhane ‘एक […]
The Mahad Satyagraha
For 96 years, the Mahad Satyagraha has represented a demand for the human rights of Dalits and the rejection of the caste system’s repressive impositions on their communities. Illustration by Ajinkya Dekhane On August 4, 1923, the Bombay Legislative Council adopted a resolution that recommended that the depressed classes be given access to all public […]
Why is Holika Dahan Celebrated?
The celebration of Holi is the celebration and legitimisation of the routine violence and caste atrocities against Dalit women. The fact that it continues nationwide to this day is shameful and cruel, and nothing other than a publicly sponsored atrocity against Dalit women communities. Illustration by Ajinkya Dekhane Holika Dahan or the ‘Burning of Holika’ […]
Who Were Our Deities?
Bahujan deities around the subcontinent did not concern themselves with the ideas of sacredness, nor with notions of purity. Nature was central to Bahujan spirituality. Illustration by Ajinkya Dekhane Bahujan deities around the subcontinent did not concern themselves with the ideas of sacredness. Subaltern oral traditions are filled with stories of natural elements deified. Often elements […]
Who Were The Asuras
In so many ways, the history of asuras and rakshasas is a history of marginalised castes and tribes, one that was grotesquely misrepresented by brahmins. Illustration by Ajinkya Dekhane Asuras, rakshasas and rakshasis find repeated mention in Hindu scriptures as ugly, villainous creatures that are the embodiment of evil. These scriptures have served as a […]