Buddha, Basava, Ambedkar ಹಾದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ. ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ. ಮಾಂಸಾಹಾರಿ. Dravidian. 2A reservation beneficiary. Here to learn.
ದಯವೇ ಧರ್ಮದ ಮೂಲವಯ್ಯ.
ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ ಜಾತಿಯಲ್ಲ ಧರ್ಮ
Two people that have completely changed how I see the world are Babasaheb and Basavanna. Anyone who comes on my timeline and says nonsense like "Ambedkar was not radical enough" will be blocked. That is where I draw the line. Please respect it or unfollow me immediately
One sanghi was telling me Karnataka needs to share its surplus revenue with states like UP as strong states should support poor ones in a federation.
The same guy is complaining that congress will steal his money and redistribute it to poor people.
Do they hear themselves?
April 27, 2021, is when I lost my mother to covid. My father also succumbed to it four days later.
Tomorrow is election day and we get to decide the fate of India. Do not give back power to those who let such tragedies befall us.
Vote wisely. Vote out BJP.
This needs to be made clear. Most of us, especially my Dalit & Muslim friends, who support Congress do not do so uncritically.
We are well aware how Congress practices caste/ism & soft Hindutva to keep Dalits & Muslims in a state of servitude. But we are also working under a +
Is this a joke? My parents died of covid, likely gasping for oxygen. And I consider them "lucky" because they died at a hospital unlike many who could not find beds.
I hope that you and everyone responsible is held to account some day
At the peak of the COVID-19 crisis, while many cast doubts on our young team's ability to extend help.
We turned skepticism into action & saved thousands of lives in Bengaluru South.
- Revitalized 4 defunct hospitals, adding 350 ICU beds during a critical time.
- Launched the
"My own apartment complex now has a Ganesha temple and we scorn those who don't attend puja. We also had a big function when Ram temple was inaugurated. And don't forget that we do not allow meat eaters to buy or rent here."
But let's talk about "Anwar" getting radicalized
very specific set of constrains that limit the political choices that are available. The first priority right now is to keep the BJP out of power while building Dalit & Muslim leadership inside & outside Congress. If you do not understand this, then there is nothing more to say.
As we critique how savarnas take advantage of diversity & inclusion in western academy, it is also important to acknowledge that diversity & inclusion is designed to prevent more radical options from emerging.
In other words, both feed off of each other.
My first demand to the Congress govt.:
Please outlaw manual scavenging. Set investment aside to mechanize drains & upkeep them. All people employed as manual scavengers should be rehabilitated with govt jobs and health insurance for life.
I topped my university and have a gold medal. A brahmin was the runner-up, and so many in my class were pissed. I have a terminal degree in my field from a reputed university.
But all that people see is "2A reservation beneficiary" 😂
As a Kannadiga, I was raised without any exposure to Periyar as he was depicted as a Tamil icon rather than the anticasteist Dravidian figure that he was.
Kannadigas should read him. His work is as important to us as it is to Tamils & others.
#ThandePeriyar
ದಲಿತ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು ಸಾರ ಸಗಟಾಗಿ ಡಾಲಿಗೆ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಬೆಂಬಲ ನೆನೆಸಿಕೊಂಡಾಗ ಕಣ್ಣು ಜಿನುಗುತ್ತೆ.
ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ 10% ದಲಿತರಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಾವು ಲಿಂಗಾಯಿತರು ಮಾನವೀಯತೆ ಇಂದ ನೆಡ್ಕೊಂಡ್ರೆ ಬಸವಾದಿ ಶಿವಶರಣರು ಮೆಚ್ಚಿಕೊಂಡಾರು ನಮನ್ನು
When British opened education to Dalit -Bahujans for the first time, UCs protested it rigorously and even set fire to houses & fields of parents who dared to send their children to school.
UCs are now protesting plans to give eggs that'll benefit Dalit-bahujan kids. +
A thing is bothering me.
When someone says "Chennai belongs to Tamils," "Hyderabad to Telugus," or "Thiruvananthapuram to Malayalees," I accept/support it.
But when Kannadigas make any claim at all on Bengaluru, it is swiftly rebuffed by progressive folks. +
ಕನ್ನಡ ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರರಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನದೊಂದು ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ: #ಮೊಹಮ್ಮದ್_ಜುಬೇರ್ ಕನ್ನಡಿ��ನಲ್ಲವೆ? ಹಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ ಅವನಪರ ಕನ್ನಡ ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರರು ಏಕೆ ದ್ವನಿ ಎತ್ತುತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ?
A sincere question to all Kannada activists. Isn't
#Mohammed_Zubair
a Kannadiga? If so, why isn't there any outrage against his arrest?
Hate stereotyping, but Indian UC middle class folks make some of the worst air travelers. They treat cabin crew, especially if they are Indian, like their personal servants, make unreasonable demands all the time, including for liquor, & raise a tantrum when not served "veg" +
This is one of the best postmortems of the Karnataka election results. Apart from the growing vote share of BJP, what is deeply concerning is that Lingayats have NOT deserted BJP, as was widely touted. Caste-wise, the only ones who have moved away from +
@Adiba__8
@shireenazam
I am very sorry for your loss. I lost both my parents to covid. The state's culpability is immense. This celebration is nothing but rubbing salt into our open wounds.
Brahmins are now starting restaurants called Tirupati Naivedya, etc., and offering food by saying that it has been offered to god.
So can anyone go there and eat for free? I mean, prasada should be free, right?
ನೆನ್ನೆಯಿಂದ ತುಂಬಾ ಸಂಕಟ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ರೆ ಲಿಂಗಾಯತರಷ್ಟು ಬಿಜೆಪಿಯ ಬಾಲ ಹಿಡಿದಿರುವ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಜನಾಂಗ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಒಂದು ಕಡೆ ಬಸವಪಥ ದಿಂದ ಎಷ್ಟು ವಿಮುಖ ಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದೇವೆ ಅನ್ನೋ ನೋವು, ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಕಡೆ hopelessness. ಅದೇನೆ ಇರಲಿ, ಆಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಅನಾಹುತ ನಮ್ಮ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಹೋರಾಡುವುದು ನಮ್ಮ ಹೊಣೆ
A quick note that what
#PrajwalRevanna
has done is not just about lust. Read feminist work on sexual violence. Sexual assault is primarily about exercising patriarchal power & control reinforced by other structures.
It is casteist- feudalist patriarchy that should be named.
ಭಟ್ಟರ ಮನೆಯ ದಿನನಿತ್ಯದ ಮಾತುಕತೆ:
"ರೀ ಹಾಲು ಮುಗ್ದೋಗಿದೆ. Coffee ಮಾಡೋಕಾಗೊಲ್ಲ"
"ಎಲ್ಲಾ reservation ನಿಂದ ಕಣೆ ನಮಗೆ ಈ ಕರ್ಮ. ಅದೊಂದು ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಈ ತರ ಆಗ್ತಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ."
@AMubeen_Path
I don't know you, but I felt like sharing this. I also lost my mother on April 27 (a day after I flew into India) and my father on May 1. In a week, everything fell apart. I wish you peace and the strength to tide over this tragedy ❤️
Much like Savarkar, BJP has mastered the art of selectively promoting Dalits, Adivasis & OBCs as long as it does not pose a threat to the institutionalisation of Manu Smriti.
Meanwhile, the opposition chooses an UC 🤦🏽♂️
ದಲಿತ ಹೆಣ್ಣನ್ನು ವರಿಸಿ ಮದುವೆಗೆ ಬಂದಾಗ ಕೊಂದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ
ಶಿವಶರಣರು ಸಾರಸಗಟಾಗಿ ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸಿದ ಭಗವತ್ಗೀತೆಯನ್ನು ಪಠ್ಯ ಕ್ರಮಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿಸಬೇಕು ಎoದ ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬ ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ
#ಕೆಟ್ಟಿತುಕಲ್ಯಾಣ
ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಈ video ಗಮನಿಸಿ. ಚೇತನ ತೊಟ್ಟಿರುವುದು ಕನ್ನಡ ಬಾವುಟ. ಅದನ್ನು ತೊಡಿಸಿದ ಜನರು ದಲಿತರು/ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರವಾದಿಗಳು.
ದಲಿತರ ಕನ್ನಡ ಪರತೇ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾತಾಡೋರೆಲ್ಲ ಇದನ್ನು ನೋಡ ಬೇಕು. ಆಮೇಲೆ ನೀವು ಎಷ್ಟು ದಲಿತಪರ ಹೋರಾಟಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ್ದಿರ ಅಂತ ನಿಮನ್ನ ನೀವೇ ಕೆಳ್ಕೊಬೇಕು
No Dalit every says don't come into my house as you will pollute it. So, logically speaking, it is UCs who should invite Dalits into their houses and eat with them, not go and freeload in Dalit houses. And, yes, ಗ್ರಾಮ ವಾಸ್ತವ್ಯ is a big political stunt
Today is one year since I lost amma to Covid. In three days, it will be a year since losing appa to the same wretched thing. I cannot tell you how much pain I have lived through and honestly feel surprised that I am still alive. There and so many people's deaths need answers
On all the recent discussions about whether Congress is anti-Kannada, let me say that the most pressing issue facing Karnataka right now is the rise of rightwing forces. Especially, anti-Dalit violence and the coordinated efforts to target Muslims should concern all of us. +
I'm very concerned about the direction in which Kannada activism is headed. Tell me what is the difference b/w this picture and the history Sangh pedals in which almost all of the known world was under India's control? What is to be gained by saying that we had great rulers?
If
#Prajwal
has left the country, then the blame is on govt of
@siddaramaiah
as there were reports that he may flee the country. It feels like they waited for him to leave before announcing the formation of SIT.
ನಮ್ಮ ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ನ್ಯಾಯ ಎನ್ನುವುದು ಇದೆಯೇ? ಜನ ನಿಮನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ನಂಬುವುದು?
This so-called heritage village is a casteist cesspool of untouchability. Watch the last part where the priest dude says they are not "ruling over anyone" but trying to put a boundary around themselves so others don't enter. How prescient was Babasaheb when he said it was +
ಮತ್ತೂರಲ್ಲಿ ೫೦೦೦ ಜನರಲ್ಲಿ ೫೦೦ ಜನ ಮಾತ್ರ ವೀಡಿಯೋ ಮುಂದೆ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ ಮಾತಾಡೊದು, ಅಸಮಾನತೆ ತೋರೊದು, ಜಾತೀಯತೆ ಮಾಡೊದು ಕೊನೆಗೆ ನಾವು ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ ಪುತ್ರರೆನ್ನೊದು. ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ ಎಂಬ ಸುಳ್ಳೂರಿನ ಕಥೆ.
#ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತವಿವಿಬೇಡ
#SayNoToSanskrit
They don't have the data on migrant Exodus of year 2020 or even the COVID death toll. But they've the data from circa 1500. Long live
#WhatsApp
& the hatred industry.
This is wrong, but the reality is also that Indians in US have ran campaigns against "illegal immigration" & worked with conservatives to prioritize green cards for "skilled workers."
And all this despite Indians themselves becoming one of the largest undocumented groups in US
Mexican-American female arrested after racist attack on four Indian women
Authorities said the woman, identified as Esmeralda Upton, is also being investigated for hate crime, and additional charges may be forthcoming.
Read:
Kannada channels have been beaming footage of women drunk on new year's eve. It is as if men don't do this every single day.
No surprise that moral policing is rampant in our society. We Kannadigas have a long way to go before we can become "Vishwamaanava"
#ನಮ್ಮೊಳಗಿನ_ಕೊಳಕು
I was raised as a Hindu (but don't identify that way anymore) & grew up thinking it was the best religion. Reading Babasaheb opened my eyes. I share Eid/Christmas wishes because I want to stand against demonization of religious minorities, especially Muslims. In doing so, I +
I came out of the spell of Hinduism about four years ago. It was sheer luck that I came across Basavanna and Lingayat religion and discovered that my ancestors were one of the earliest converts to it. But it never occurred to me that Islam (or Christianity) is an option worth +
We in Karnataka are proud that state’s own tax revenue (SOTR) contributes 77% our revenue receipts. Perhaps the highest of any state in India. It’s a self-reliant state. We get so little from the central govt, as a share of our budget it’s probably the lowest in the whole
The woman in this picture is a USA-based activist named Thenmozhi Soundararajan.
Renowned for her anti-Brahmin views, she was scheduled to speak at Google in April this year.
Her talk was however cancelled by the tech giant, fearing division and rancour in the workplace.
(1/n)
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ DSS ಕೇಂದ್ರಿತ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಪಕ್ಷ ಕಟ್ಟಬೇಕು ಅಂದಾಗಲೆಲ್ಲ "ಅದು ಹೇಗೆ ಸಾಧ್ಯ" ಅನ್ನೋರೆಲ್ಲ ಇದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ.
This only shows what I realized once I started reading Babasaheb. Social change will only come from Dalit leadership in Indian society.
My heart is so full
This birthday, I am hoping & praying for the following:
A total end to manual scavenging
A total end to violence against Dalits & Muslims
A total end to genocide
Free all political prisoners, including Umar Khalid, Hemant Soren, & all Bhima Koregaon accused.
And rout of BJP
ನಾರಾಯಣ ಗುರುಗಳು 1888ರಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವನನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಾಪನೇ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆಗ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರು ನಿಮಗೆ ಈ ಹಕ್ಕಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ದುಷಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಗುರುಗಳು ನಾನು ಸ್ತಾಪಿಸಿರುವುದು "ಇಳವ ಶಿವ"ನನ್ನು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿ ಅವರ ಬಾಯಿ ಮುಚ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.
ನಮಗೆ ಈಗ ಬೇಕಾಗಿರುವುದು ಇಂತಹ ಇಳವ ಶಿವ - ಕನ್ನಡದ ಶಿವ. ಆಗ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತ ತನ್ನಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ತಾನೆ ಹಿಂದೆ ಬೀಳುತ್ತದೆ.
No other country displays the sort of apathy that India does. This process should have been mechanised decades ago. But there is no official or social interest in doing so.
Why? Casteism. Dalit lives are considered disposable
Every. Single. Death. Was. Preventable.