South Asia Citizens Web

Symptomatic of the superficiality of our times, the murder of Kalburgi, a scholar who considered knowledge essential for understanding society, was seen as the murder of a rationalist and an atheist

The volume engages with writers such as Namdeo Dhasal, Baby Halder, Sharankumar Limbale, Bama, Kallen Pokkudan, Manohar Mouli Biswas, Praveeen Gadhvi and others. Bringing together incisive essays by renowned and emerging scholars in the field, it initiates a dialogue between Dalit writing and Western literary theory and compares Dalit writings with other forms of subaltern writings from across the world, as also explores the literatures of Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians.

It is deceitful of the RSS to compare themselves to any other civil society organization, rather than to the National Advisory Council to which they had strenuously objected. No other NGO exercises ideological control over the government and maintains a vast cadre of political activists, many of whom undergo arms training. None of them can summon government ministers for discussions.

It was probably the first time that the RSS had so openly displayed its ownership of a BJP-led government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned the compliment by saying “whatever I am today is based on the values imbibed from the RSS”. It was also the first time that the BJP members of the cabinet made no bones about being ideologically mentored by the RSS.

27 November 1977 Times of India Interview by Narendra Panjwani with Bipan Chandra and RS Sharma