This morning, my book “The Foresighted
#Ambedkar
” was released by CJI Dr DY Chandrachud in presence of Chief Justice of
#Singapore
, Judges of the Supreme Court, Chief Justices and Judges of all High Courts. Book is available now in bookstores and on Amazon-
Dr Ambedkar in 1900- "in the school, I could not touch the tap; and unless it was opened for it by a touchable person, it was not possible for me to quench my thirst."
In 2022, a Dalit boy is murdered in Rajasthan by an oppressor caste teacher for drinking water from his pot.
Dr Ambedkar on 25 Nov. 1949: "Independence is no doubt a matter of joy. By independence, we have lost the excuse of blaming the British for anything going wrong. If hereafter things go wrong, we will have nobody to blame except ourselves."
I am teaching a course on Professional Ethics in Legal Profession, and every week I end up updating the syllabus for my course. It is not ethical for a sitting Supreme Court judge to publicly praise the Prime Minister, no matter what the occasion is.
I visited Dr Ambedkar’s House in London - the place where he used to stay while studying at LSE at 1921-22. Lots of emotions. The place has now been converted to a small museum by Govt of Maharashtra.
“Only recently I read about the suicide of a Dalit student at IIT Bombay. It reminded me about the suicide of an Adivasi student in National Law University in Odisha last year. My heart goes out to the family members of these students", the Chief Justice said.
आज एक मीडिया हाउस ने राजस्थान के दलित बच्चे इन्दर मेघवाल की मृत्यु पर स्टोरी छापी है - ‘No separate water matka, boy had ear infection’ — doubts arise over Jalore Dalit’s death| दलित समाज के साथ हुए अन्याय और अत्याचार पर ऐसी खबरें अक्सर देखने को मिलती हैं| /1
My paper (titled "Ambedkar's Constitution: A Radical Phenomenon in Anti-Caste Discourse?"), which was selected for Bluestone Scholar Award 2021 by Brandeis University USA, has come out. It is available here:
Dr. Ambedkar: "I may seem hard on Manu. but I am sure my force is not strong enough to kill his ghost. He lives, like a disembodied spirit and is appealed to, and I am afraid will yet live long."
@TenzingLamsang
It was made in one of regional cinemas (Tamil) in India. Unfortunately, the major Indian film industry (bollywood) has rarely engaged with issues of discrimination and the struggle for justice with such sensitivity as
#JaiBhim
does.
डेल्टा मेघवाल के परिवार को हमारे समर्थन की ज़रूरत है| 2016 में अपनी बेटी को खोने के बाद, पिछले 5.5 साल उन्होंने बेटी को न्याय दिलाने में अपनी ज़मीन आदि सब कुछ खो दिया| परिवार क़र्ज़ में डूबा है| डेल्टा की माँ के इस फंडरेज़र में थोड़ा सहयोग करें -
Today, Hon’ble President of India unveiled a statue of Dr Babasaheb
#Ambedkar
in the Supreme Court premises. The statue is first of its kind - Dr Ambedkar dressed as a lawyer. The Chief Justice of India took the decision to have this statue
#ConstitutionDay
आपका आभार,
@BhimArmyChief
।
बाबासाहेब अम्बेडकर, संविधान, और जाति-विरोधी आंदोलन पर आधारित यह पेपर आपके ट्वीट के माध्यम से समाज के सभी वर्गों में पहुंच पाएगा। बाबासाहेब के मिशन पर काम करते रहने के लिए आपको मेरी शुभकामनाएं।
LLB(hon)Rmlnlu,Lko और LLM(Harvard)से पढ़े बहुजन समाज के युवा अंबेडकरवादी
@anurag_bhaskar_
को उनके पेपर 'Ambedkar's Constitution: A Radical Phenomenon in Anti-Caste Discourse.' के लिए प्रतिष्ठित
@BrandeisU
द्वारा स्थापित "2021 Bluestone Rising Scholar Award" के लिए हार्दिक बधाई।
We often listen about 'trial by media'. But we must also talk about 'acquittal by media'- a tendency where elite media houses run by oppressor castes character assassinate Dalit/Adivasi victims & their families, and do selective bias reporting to prove the oppressors as innocent.
Details of my book being published by
@PenguinIndia
, and to be released next month - “The Foresighted
#Ambedkar
: Ideas That Shaped Indian Constitutional Discourse”
Received the first copy of my book “The Foresighted
#Ambedkar
: Ideas That Shaped Indian Constitutional Discourse” published by Penguin. Order your copy from here:
Every time I read a Constitution Bench judgment/order authored by Justice Arun Mishra, the following words of Dr Ambedkar echo in my mind:
"I have often.. told the presiding judge in very emphatic terms that I am bound to obey his judgment but I am not bound to respect it.”
Kumar: If not, why are there bonded labourers, why did they send children to work in industries? Court may take judicial note that they're all people coming from lowest strata because in India, caste decides everything - status, occupation, education level.
#EWS
#SupremeCourt
"The realization of this goal is going to be very difficult... In India there are castes. The castes are anti-national. In the first place because they bring about separation in social life."
"The sooner we realize that we are not as yet a nation in the social and psychological sense of the world, the better for us. For then only we shall realize the necessity of becoming a nation and seriously think of ways and means of realizing the goal."
In this journal article published today, I analyse the historical material to highlight that the often-mentioned 10-year time limit on reservations is a falsehood. I also highlight that Dr Ambedkar never wanted any imposition of time-limit.
"60 of the 80 children at Daudapur Government Primary School in Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh belong to Scheduled Castes... officials discovered that the utensils that these children used for their mid-day meals were washed by the children themselves"
Sending people to die in sewers is forced murder. Our people die every day. There has been no accountability. No conviction under the manual scavenging Act till date.
Rest in peace, Gail Omvedt. It is an immense loss to the social justice movement in India. Thank you for your contributions in preserving public memory of Dr Ambedkar, and in educating everyone about our struggle for equality.
महान आंबेडकरवादी स्कॉलर गेल ओमवेट जी हमारे बीच नहीं रही। आज सुबह उनका परिनिर्वाण हो गया, वो पिछले कुछ दिनों से बीमार थीं। गेल साहिबा ने Ambedkar: Towards an Enlightened India, Seeking Begumpura, Understanding Caste जैसी कई प्रमुख किताबें लिखी। हम उन्हें नमन करते हैं, जय भीम 🙏
You are wrong on facts:
1) Ambedkar said that in 1948. How much has the situation changed since then? Have atrocities stopped ?
2) The 10 year limit was for reservation in Parliament and State Assemblies.
3) I graduated from
@Harvard_Law
School.
@anurag_bhaskar_
Ambedkar said this in 1946.
Now, it's 2020, almost 73y since reservation.
Ambedkar also said it is temporary & You are a Prof. in Jindal, at least you should voluntarily give up all the benefits so that it could reach the other segments in your category.
President Droupadi Murmu referred to excessive cost of litigation as a major impediment in delivery of justice. She urged the executive, judiciary and legislature to evolve an effective dispute resolution mechanism to mitigate the people’s plight.
2016 में राजस्थान में ही दलित बच्ची डेल्टा मेघवाल अपने कॉलेज की पानी की टंकी में मृत मिली| अत्याचारियों ने डेल्टा के चरित्र और उसके परिवार पर सवाल किया | पर अक्टूबर 2021 में विशेष अदालत ने आरोपी टीचर को बलात्कार का और प्रिंसिपल-वार्डन को मामला दबाने का दोषी करार दिया| /2
"I believe Dr Ambedkar did everything possible to improve the plight of the Adivasis... the educated younger generation has now realized the importance of Dr Ambedkar’s teachings." - Madhav Sarkunde
Sheela Barse, veteran activist who advanced child rights advocacy and led several public interest litigation cases from 1980s, passed away earlier this morning. She was 84. May her soul rest in peace.
A brief of her work:
On 6 December 2021, Dr Justice DY Chandrachud will be delivering the ‘13th BR Ambedkar Memorial Lecture’ on the theme “Conceptualising Marginalisation: Agency, Assertion, and Personhood”. The event hosted by IIDS will be held at IIC, Delhi, from 5:30 PM.
‘What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.’- I remember today these wise words of Dr
#Ambedkar
from his last address to Constituent Assembly. Wishing all
#HappyIndependenceDay2023
#India
The death by suicide of Darshan Solanki, a first-generation Dalit student, at IIT Bombay has highlighted the already-known but still ignored concerns around caste discrimination. |
@sukanyashantha
We are glad to have
@Vakeel_Sb
in our list of advocates, who have committed to promote due representation of marginalized communities in the legal profession.
Anas Tanwir (
@Vakeel_Sb
) is an Advocate-on-record for the Supreme Court of India & founder-director of Indian Civil Liberties Union. Among his leading cases are those pertaining to lynching, NRC, Minority education, food security and more.
The Judge must read what Ambedkar said: "There is no code of laws more imfamous regarding social rights than the Laws of Manu... I may seem hard on Manu. But I am sure my force is not strong enough to kill his ghost. He lives, like a disembodied spirit and is appealed to."
Neglect Of Ancient Indian Legal Giants Like Manu, Kautilya & Adherence To Colonial Legal System Detrimental To Constitutional Goals : Justice Abdul Nazeer
"The need of the hour is the Indianisation of the legal system", the judge said.
I am so grateful to be selected for the 'Bluestone Rising Scholar Award' 2021, hosted by Brandeis University's (
@BrandeisU
, USA) J-Caste journal. I am thankful to the jury.
@TheHellerSchool
Jindal Global Law School में Assistant Professor
@anurag_bhaskar_
ने अपने लेख “अम्बेडकर का संविधान: जाति-विरोधी संवाद में एक क्रांतिकारी प्रसंग?" के लिए,
@BrandeisU
द्वारा संस्थापित 2021 Bluestone Rising Scholar Award जीता है।
@TheNewsBeak
video:
"I strongly feel that leaders like Ambedkar were not exposed enough to the public and more particularly to the students.. It is a pity that in law colleges they don't even give Ambedkar writings as a reading material " :
#JusticeChandru
.
#JaiBhim
‘न्यू इंडिया’ को जमीनी सच्चाई का आइना दिखाती
@jyotiyadaav
की ये रिपोर्ट | धन्यवाद ज्योति , समाज की वास्तविकता को अपने कार्य के माध्यम से एक बार फिर से उजागर करने के लिए |
@ThePrintHindi
“Before the murder [of the Dalit girl], the upper castes in the village were divided and would fight among themselves. Now, they have united to fight because this is their honour”
#HathrasHorror
Indian celebrities and ‘others’, who are now vociferously speaking against racism and white supremacy in the United States, always remain silent on everyday casteism and atrocities against Dalits in India. Hypocrisy ki bhi seema hoti hai. 😡
#BlackLivesMatter
#DalitLivesMatter
No, sir. Reservations have acted as a step ladder for marginalized communities, esp Dalits and Tribals. It has increased representation in services and educational institutions, where there was none earlier. Social justice was a part of the Indian dream of 15 August 1947.
/1
बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर की बहुत कोशिशों के बाद हमें वोट देने का अधिकार मिला था| आज सुबह उठते ही मैंने वोट डालने का काम सबसे पहले किया| इस अधिकार का प्रयोग करें|
#Lucknow
#Voting
#UPElection2022
On Republic Day, sharing an excerpt from my paper on Ambedkar’s Constitution, which was awarded with Bluestone Rising Scholar Prize 2021 by
@BrandeisU
. Thanks to
@ThePrintIndia
for republishing a portion of it.
'Dominant castes can’t digest Dalit progress. It’s why they attack reservation with propaganda'
Read this excerpt from
@anurag_bhaskar_
's paper ‘Ambedkar’s Constitution: A Radical Phenomenon in Anti-Cast Discourse’, a
@BrandeisU
publication.
Have cast my vote earlier this morning in
#Mohanlalganj
.
As Dr
#Ambedkar
said, “There must be adult franchise. In no other way can we be in a position to exert such influence as we have and we ought to exercise in the formation of the government, executive and the legislature.”
Rights and duties are not antithetical. Rights of citizens corresponds with the duty of the State. So, when one talks about duty, it must be that of the governments towards the citizens.
Indians talking about their rights while ignoring duties has kept the country weak: Narendra Modi
The prime minister urged citizens to do their duties, claiming it would remove the ‘evils’ prevailing in society and take India to new heights.
VIDEO | Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud felicitates Pragya, who is daughter of a cook in the Supreme Court. She recently got a scholarship to study masters in law in two different universities in the US.
(Full video available on PTI Videos - )
In the judgment pronounced today by Bikaner POCSO Court in
#DeltaMeghwal
case, all three accused have been held guilty. Salute to her father, who carried on the fight for the last 5 years.
On the declaration of a verdict of the Delta Meghwal case: "We're talking about justice today- I've always wondered what justice is.
#Justice
is a feeling, it's not an idea, it's not abstract, it's a feeling of being restored to your personhood, your human self." -
@WadekarDisha
“The utensils used by the Scheduled Caste children and other children were kept separately... The cooks refused to touch the utensils of the Scheduled Caste students, and said they can’t work at the school if they were forced to do so."
No Caste in Modern India, right?
"60 of the 80 children at Daudapur Government Primary School in Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh belong to Scheduled Castes... officials discovered that the utensils that these children used for their mid-day meals were washed by the children themselves"
Details of my book being published by
@PenguinIndia
, and to be released next month - “The Foresighted
#Ambedkar
: Ideas That Shaped Indian Constitutional Discourse”
The Supreme Court of India has revised its Law Clerks Scheme with significant changes: 1) The pattern of exam has been revised; 2) No. of test centres increased from 4 to 23; 3) Salary hike for Law Clerks; 4) Provision for a diversity policy; /1
CJI D.Y. Chandrachud revises the scheme for engaging Law Clerk-cum-Research Associates in the Supreme Court; a Law Clerk will be paid a consolidated remuneration of Rs. 80,000/- per month.
इस बार का 15 अगस्त भारत देश का पच्हत्तरवाँ आज़ादी दिवस है| इस ख़ास मौके पर हमारी टीम (
@CedeYourCapital
) एक ऑनलाइन कार्यक्रम का आयोजन कर रही है, जिसमें भारत के पूर्व मुख्य न्यायाधीश, जस्टिस के जी बालाकृष्णन, सामाजिक न्याय के मुद्दे पर अपनी बात रखेंगे| यहाँ रजिस्टर करे :
On
#InternationalLabourDay
, sharing few pages of my recent book “The Foresighted
#Ambedkar
”, discussing his landmark contributions to labour issues and workers’ rights. You can order the book online here:
Chandrachud J: Anurag makes rapid strides as a front ranking legal scholar, as a frontranking Dalit scholar committed to the realisation of the rights of the marginalised, he represents the social conscience of a changing India
@CedeYourCapital
#BhimJayanti2021
While speaking at 31st Convocation of NLSIU, Chief Justice of India Dr DY
#Chandrachud
mentioned about a twitter post, where a
#Dalit
law student had shared about incident of
#caste
discrimination during his internship with a lawyer. "Some lawyers are violating the law", he said.
"This is not the first anti-reservation quote attributed to Dr Ambedkar... In June 2022, Anurag Bhaskar, Asst professor at Jindal Global Law School, published a paper titled, “The Myth of the Ten-Year Limit on Reservations and Dr Ambedkar’s Stance”."
A false quote ascribed to Dr BR Ambedkar claims he said reservation should be abolished after a Tribal woman becomes President. This false quote is similar to the misinfo that he only wanted reservation for 10 years.
#AltNewsFactCheck
|
@ArchitMeta
@akhmxt
VP Singh once remarked: “Through Mandal, I knew we were going to bring in changes in the basic nature of power… I knew I was not giving jobs, Mandal is not an employment scheme, but I was seeking to place people in the instrument of power through the use of government power.”
#VPSingh
was asked to respond to protest by youth against Mandal. He said “Amid protests, OBC youth came to me and said..Are we not human? Are we not youth? We are majority so how can media say all youth against Mandal? These upper caste hate constitutional policies so much”
It’s a common perception that Dr
#Ambedkar
wanted to burn the Constitution. In my book “The Foresighted Ambedkar”, I narrate how he is often misquoted.
@scobserver
has run an excerpt from my book. Available on Amazon, get your copy.
The movie
#JaiBhim
depicts the situation of denotified tribes, who were criminalized by the colonial regime under 'Criminal Tribes Act 1871' (2021 is the 150th year). While the Act was repealed after independence, the stigma and oppression still continues. Good work
@Suriya_offl
The movie Jai Bhim is about denotified communities. It is not just a "tribal" issue. Even as we observe the 150th year of the Criminal Tribes Act, what is truly disappointing is that the discussion continues to focus on everything but the plight of DNTs. ~1
In last one month, the following 3 of my publications came out:
1) ABA Report on Dalits in Indian legal profession (co-drafted),
2) on law clerkships, at
@CCAL_NLUJ
Journal,
3) on reservations at
@IJCLnalsar
,
I write for
@LiveLawIndia
: “Courts are looked upto as place of equality, where justice is ought to be done. The presence of a symbol of inequality and caste-hatred within a court premises in independent India is antithetical to constitutional values...”
I write in today's
@htTweets
: "Ambedkar once quoted Edmund Burke to remind the British government that “power and authority are sometimes bought by kindness”, not with brute force and violence. His ideas of constitutionalism hold up a mirror to contemporary politics."
15 मार्च - आज मान्यवर कांशीराम जी की जयंती है। चार साल पहले आज ही के दिन मुझे हार्वर्ड लॉ स्कूल से एडमिशन ऑफर आया था, जिसके बाद मैंने वहां पढ़ाई की| मेरी पढ़ाई मान्यवर कांशीराम और उनके आंदोलन को समर्पित है| #कांशीराम_साहब
@Harvard_Law
"History remembers Ali for breaking a stereotype. He demanded the pursuit of equality... Our greats [in India] are less ambitious; they don’t have the audacity to overreach and change the course of a nation."
via
@IndianExpress
So grateful to Justice Chandrachud for mentioning my paper during the 13th BR AMBEDKAR MEMORIAL Lecture. My paper is available here-
Video courtesy :
@DrSarvapriya
Justice DYC: Our rights framework is given meaning only due to the belief of the most marginalized. He quotes Anurag Bhaskar to explain the use of the rights framework by the Dalit to reclaim their identity.
In his address on the Constitution Day 2022, CJI Chandrachud said: "The first wave of resistance against the colonial power came from the indigenous communities of India..."
#Opinion
| "India needs to move beyond tokenism of having one Dalit chief justice or two Dalit presidents, and ensure adequate representation to its Dalit and Adivasi citizens in all fields."
(writes
@anurag_bhaskar_
)
This is what I did when I was in welfare sector changing the destiny of lakhs of poor students.Vishnu is another sweet fruit of that hard work. World is yet to feel the real power of Swaero. We will transform millions of such lives if voted to power.
#swaero
#bsp
#NoReverseGears
A small clip from the 13th BR Ambedkar Memorial Lecture by Dr Justice DY Chandrachud. Here, he mentions how certain communities (NT DNTs) are still harassed collectively because of the effect of Criminal Tribes Act 1871.
#BabaSahebAmbedkar
PSA from RMLNLU seniors.
Apparently this hierarchy is what's going to teach students how to be formal.
Fuck your seniority.
You don't get shit for getting to college a year early.
Stop wagging your dicks for 3 rupee Ka validation and respect.
Watch
#DalitFiles
: Pain of Dalits in Rajasthan, Why is Rajasthan becoming a graveyard for Dalits? See how the nexus of casteism & feudalism has made the lives of Dalits miserable in Rajasthan ? Horror Story of
@AshokMeghwal_
Full Video -
@ashokgehlot51
On a personal level,
@LiveLawIndia
gave a democratized space for legal writing. Otherwise it felt difficult for newcomers/students to get published in newspapers. Always thankful to
@answeringlaw
and
@pvdinesh
.
via
@scroll_in
It is an honour to be a part of the journey of these 41 students. We at
@CedeYourCapital
are working to create a support system for law students from marginalized communities. Arranging learning opportunities through internships is one of our flagship programmes.
#Representation
We're thrilled to announce that we have organised internships for 41 students (28 paid) from marginalised communities as part of our Summer 2021 cohort, our first ever cohort! Over the next few months, they will be interning with senior advocates, law firms, academics & NGOs.
@jaffrelotc
Prof.
@jaffrelotc
- I have often followed your work, but I would express disagreement here on point of methodology. Dominant castes cannot be compared with Dalits on basis on income. As you also once noted: income does not remove stigma associated with untouchability.
A must read thread.
The communities (such as Chamar), which could not have been notified as 'criminal tribes', were characterized by the colonial regime as "castes with criminal tendencies" (Ramnarayan Rawat, 2012).
The irresponsible usage of the term 'criminal tribes' deserves some myth-busting.
A. 'criminal tribes' are not criminal! They were criminalised by the 1871 Act.
B.They are not all tribes! Many Dalit, Adivasi, nomadic communities were notified as 'criminal tribes' by the British
"The marginalised communities had to struggle every inch to claim equal rights. Therefore, the idea of universal adult franchise is not just a political idea... (it) is social at its core", said CJI Chandrachud at an event.
"The usage of the word “untouchable” in the poster hints not only at the moral bankruptcy of the overrepresented upper-caste folk in the show business but reveals the marketing strategy as one that sells dehumanising words for profit."
Irrespective of what ideology one holds - to say and laugh that the woman who became Chief Minister four times was never sharp, and was "selected" (by a man) for the position only because "she was a woman" is pure misogyny.