-PTI Dalit activist-writer Kancha Ilaiah on Monday sought to put a lid on the controversy over sociologist Ashis Nandy’s remarks on SC and STs, saying it was “a bad statement with good intentions“. “Prof Ashis Nandy made a bad statement with good intentions, however, as far as I know, he was never against reservation. The controversy should end here,” Ilaiah said in a statement here. Mr. Nandy had kicked up a storm at...
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Hear no nuance, just jail them -Chandrima S Bhattacharya and Smitha Verma
-The Telegraph Jaipur, Jan. 27: An FIR against social scientist Ashis Nandy for alleged defamatory remarks on Dalits and tribals has brought to the fore a growing trend of “thought terrorism” that treats nuanced opinion as heresy liable to be crushed with a heavy hand. The remarks by Nandy, a widely respected sociologist known for his nuanced positions and reluctance to play to the gallery just to be part of “acceptable voices”,...
More »Bad statement, good intention: Dalit scholar on Ashis Nandy
-DNA Dalit scholar Kancha Ilaiah offered his support to Ashis Nandy after the political psychologist made a controversial statement at the Jaipur Literature festival. He had made a bad statement with good intentions, Ilaiah said. Mr Ashis Nandy is not against reservation, he declared. "He's always supported reservation," he added. "I appeal to my SC/ST/OBC brothers and sisters to end the controversy," he said. The Jaipur Literature Festival on Sunday witnessed fireworks after political critic...
More »A platform of, by and for the connected-Rahul Verma and Pradeep Chhibber
-The Indian Express Increasing frequency and intensity of protests reflect a deeper crisis in Indian democracy: the failure of civil society In the last five years, citizens have poured out in large numbers at Jantar Mantar and India Gate (and in many other parts of the country) to ask the state to hear their demands. In 2006, marches and sit-ins forced the state to re-examine the Jessica Lal and Priyadarshini Mattoo cases....
More »Six years after Sachar report, Muslim lot no better -Vidya Subrahmaniam
-The Hindu Difficulty in implementing schemes, owing to conceptual confusion at multiple levels: Khurshid External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday attributed the difficulty in administering and implementing welfare programmes for Muslims to conceptual confusion evident at multiple levels — from courts through policymakers and social scientists and experts. Mr. Khurshid, who previously held charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, said a Supreme Court interim stay had facilitated the implementation of four...
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