---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: oommen <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 1:43 PM Subject: [media.crit.debate] Outlook Special Issue on Dr Ambedkar To: fourth-estate-critique <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]
[image: Inline images 1] [image: Inline images 2] ESSAY On Greatness <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281923> We bestow ‘greatness’ easily in India. What makes a person great, do we really need great people, and drawing a lakshmanrekha for it in every life. VINOD MEHTA<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=3914&author=Vinod+Mehta> GREATEST INDIAN POLL A Measure Of The Man <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281949> For once, Ambedkar whips Nehru—and everyone else. This is how it unfolded... UTTAM SENGUPTA<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=14156&author=Uttam+Sengupta> THE GREATEST INDIAN A Case For Bhim Rajya <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281924> So, finally, Ambedkar comes into his own in the national consciousness. Now perhaps it’s time to embrace a legacy sidelined by the dominant discourse. S. ANAND <http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=4767&author=S.+Anand> VISION FOR A NEW INDIA The Other Father <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281927> In his intolerance of inequality and creation of a rights-based constitution, Ambedkar’s vision for a modern India is still our blueprint for the future RAJA SEKHAR VUNDRU<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=10240&author=Raja+Sekhar+Vundru> AMBEDKAR VS GANDHI A Part That Parted <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281929> Gandhi and Ambedkar feuded over how they saw untouchability, one as just a sin of Hinduism, the other as the denial of rights to an oppressed people GAIL OMVEDT<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=6619&author=Gail+Omvedt> IDENTITY POLITICS The Apostate Children Of God <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281931> Ambedkar knew that there would be outcasts as long as there are castes SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=12703&author=Slavoj+%c5%bdi%c5%beek> COUNTERPOINT The Theology Of Intolerance <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281933> The deification of Ambedkar and the refusal to countenance any criticism of him is dangerous. The disharmony it breeds works against his cause. SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=4141&author=Sudheendra+Kulkarni> DIMINISHING DYNASTY The Higher Statesman? <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281951> Guilt-tripping on Ambedkar cannot undermine Nehru’s achievements. You could contest his ideas but not his steering of India from colony to nation. SABA NAQVI<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=3900&author=Saba+Naqvi> RECLAIMING NEHRU Our Neglected Chacha <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281934> A beloved freedom fighter, then a reviled nation-builder. The pain of being Nehru. APOORVANAND<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=14342&author=Apoorvanand> AMBEDKAR AND MUSLIMS Bias That Wasn’t? <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281935> Ambedkar’s writings suggest an anti-Muslim streak. Did his words only derive from his sources or were they actually attempts to arrest Partition? DEBARSHI DASGUPTA<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=3882&author=Debarshi+Dasgupta> DALIT: POLITICS Statue Or Pedestal? <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281936> A rule of votebanks has relegated Ambedkar to being an inert icon in Dalit politics PANINI ANAND<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=14076&author=Panini+Anand> OPINION An Untouched History <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281952> His stature as a social actor often obscures the value of his scholarship MANASH BHATTACHARJEE<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=14146&author=Manash+Bhattacharjee> OPINION It’s Not Red Vs Blue <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281944> Ambedkar was more about class than caste, but the Left won’t see it that way ANAND TELTUMBDE<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=5731&author=Anand+Teltumbde> OPINION The Third Day’s Dawn <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281950> The everness of Ambedkar’s appeal lends him a messianic quality. Immortality. HARISH WANKHEDE<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=14348&author=Harish+Wankhede> OPINION Lit-Again Paths <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281946> Ambedkar’s Buddhism is a radical, rational reading of the traditional for our times CHRISTOPHER QUEEN<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=14346&author=Christopher+Queen> ALTERNATIVE MEDIA Songsters From The Mudhouse <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281948> Dalit bards, bhajan mandalis and pamphleteers, largely from Maharashtra, have kept alive the image, the life story and the genius of Ambedkar SHARMILA REGE<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=14347&author=Sharmila+Rege> THE AHIMSA TO COME The Lies Of Manu <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281937> As one who can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, a young Ambedkar formulates his ahimsa of inclusion. AISHWARY KUMAR<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=14343&author=Aishwary+Kumar> DALITS ACROSS THE SEAS The Black Indians <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281938> Growing up Dalit in the US, finding your roots, fighting for your identity THENMOZHI SOUNDARARAJAN<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=14344&author=Thenmozhi+Soundararajan> PEDAGOGY One Forgotten Chapter <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281954> Why is it that Ambedkar and his work does not get the rightful amount of space in textbooks? ANURADHA RAMAN<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=3901&author=Anuradha+Raman> DALIT PUBLISHING Letter And Spirit <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281945> Bheem Patrika, published since 1958, is our longest-running Dalit periodical CHANDER SUTA DOGRA<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=3923&author=Chander+Suta+Dogra> DALITS AND CINEMA Tell Us No Dark Tales <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281947> The Dalit presence, onscreen or behind it, has been a bit thin in Indian films NAMRATA JOSHI<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=3897&author=Namrata+Joshi> AMBEDKAR MEMORIAL IN DELHI A Fall Into Sear And Yellow Leaf<http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281939> The Babasaheb Ambedkar memorial in Delhi has seen better days. Political will can ensure that it sees them once again. NEHA BHATT<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=12809&author=Neha+Bhatt> INTER-CASTE MARRIAGES Where Caste Is No Bar <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281940> When marriage transcends caste lines, taking the leap is a big a leap of faith. Meet some whose faith has been rewarded. MADHAVI TATA<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=4289&author=Madhavi+Tata> INTERNATIONAL US: SIKHS Collateral Errors <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281920> Long battered, now in shock, American Sikhs hope for tolerance ASHISH KUMAR SEN<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=3925&author=Ashish+Kumar+Sen> PAKISTAN: CONTROVERSY A Pathan At The Gurudwara <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281953> A top Pakistani official’s ‘act of penance’ for Taliban intolerance raises official hackles MARIANA BAABAR<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=4031&author=Mariana+Baabar> BUSINESS TELEVISION: TAM SUIT The Boobed Tube <http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281921> Drama. Hypocrisy. The NDTV-TAM suit makes for must-see-TV. ARTI SHARMA<http://outlookindia.com/peoplefnl.aspx?pid=3894&author=Arti+Sharma> ISSUE EDITOR: S. ANAND -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Media Critique and Debate" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/media-critique-and-debate?hl=en. -- You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot build up a nation, you cannot build up a morality. Anything that you will build on the foundations of caste will crack and will never be a whole. -AMBEDKAR http://venukm.blogspot.in http://www.shelfari.com/kmvenuannur http://kmvenuannur.livejournal.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. 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