Sreedhanya Suresh, First Adivasi IAS officer from KERELA.
Sreedhanya Suresh not only cracked much coveted Indian Civil Service (UPSC) exams, but also grabbed most sought after IAS position, becoming FIRST ADIVASI PERSON from Kerela to qualify for Civil Services.
Sreedhanya Suresh hailed from extremely poor Kurichiya Adivasi family, who used to live in mud house with leaking roof in mountaineous Waynad district of Kerela, home to this primarily hill Adivasi community.
She joined her duty as Assistant Collector of (Calicut) Kozhikode in her home state of Kerela.
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Artsy movie by North Indian Upper Caste Indian Muslim movie director Imtiaz Ali on elitist Netflix movie platform has suddenly brought 80's Indian Punjab's Chamar/Ravidassia Punjabi Dalit legendary singer DANNI RAM (from same caste as KANSHI RAM) into focus.
Does the movie do justice to DANNI RAM ?
Movie is Imtiaz Ali's sanitized Upper Caste Muslim take on life of Punjabi Dalit singer/lyricist DANNI RAM aka Amar Singh Chamkila, which largely absolves & white washes Indian Punjab's powerful Upper Caste & OBC caste Sikh communities.
Did CASTE kill DANNI RAM in religious society of Punjabi Sikhs of Indian Punjab that claims to follow a faith (Sikhi/Sikhism) that is supposed to be caste neutral?
Answer to this question is YES, but it is not exactly same as many non-Punjabi anti caste activists think it to be.
UPPER CASTE & DOMINANT OBC caste Pakistani Punjabi Muslims from caste groups like SYEDS, PATHANS, AWANS, JATS, GUJJARS, ARAINS etc. think that they are fair complexion TURKS type of "Superior Muslims", while "Indian Hindus" are dark, timid & ugly people.
This Pakistani Punjabi OBC Muslim filth called Imam ul Haq from ARAIN (agriculturalist/gardner) caste sexualized minor TAMIL girls singing DIL DIL PAKISTAN as symbol of superior "Punjabi Muslim" masculinity.
Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Day
(Day, when Babasaheb Ambedkar converted to Buddhism)
BUDDHISM IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA
Buddhism is among fastest growing religion in India and its estimated that India's Buddhist population has already crossed 1 crore mark (estmate 1.15 - 1.25 crore).
What is most interesting thing about BUDDHISM in contemporary India is its much wider spread and presence of followers of both:
1. Ambedkrite Buddhism
2. Traditional Buddhism
(a) Mahayana Buddhism, including Tibetan/Vajrayana Buddhism
(b) Threvada Buddhism
AMBEDKARITE BUDDHISM
Ambedkrite Buddhism often called Neo Buddhism is largest Indian Buddhist community, with estimated 9 to 10 million followers.
MAHARASHTRA is home to 90% of Ambedkrite Buddhists. They constitute 6% of total population of Maharashtra.
If Jat/Jutt Sikhs and KHALISTAN are an "inseparable", then why are young Jat/Jutt Sikhs of Indian Punjab state wining Gold Medals and sporting accolades for India ?
Can Canada based Khalistani Jutt/Jat Sikhs on payrolls of Pakistan's ISI answer please.
Calling off bluff of Canada based Khalistani separatists, who constitute miniscule minority of Jutt Sikhs, who have created "Khalistan nuisance" for entire Sikh community, younger generation of Jutt Sikhs of Punjab are wining accolades for India at international sporting events.
Jutt/Jat Sikhs, often stereotyped as ardent supporters of Sikh supremacist theological autocratic independent country of "Khalistan" are actually not that enthusiastic supporters of Khalistan as they are made out to be. These young Jutt Sikh sportsmen are testimony of that.
The much talked about wedding scene from "Made in Heaven: Season 2" Webseries is non-Brahminical & non-Vedic AMBEDKARITE BUDDHIST WEDDING.
The short movie is part of the 5 part episode of the Webseries and is directed by an acclaimed Marathi Dalit director Neeraj Ghaywan.
This is first time that WORLD is witnessing cinematic portrayal of an Indian Buddhist Wedding or to be precise-AMBEDKARITE BUDDHIST WEDDING.
The beautifully & aesthetically picturized wedding scene with background tune of "Buddham Sharnam Gachammi" is immensely powerful visual.
Radhika Apte's character wades through pool of water, full of lotus flowers (symbol of Buddhism) to reach wedding stage. Scene is director Ghaywan's cinematic tribute to Babasaheb Ambedkar's Mahad water satyagraha, wherein Babasaheb fought for rights of Dalits to use public tank.
Even as debate rages on inclusion of Dalit Christians & Dalit Muslims as Scheduled Castes, a big point that has emerged is whether or not Abrahamic faiths sanction untouchability like Hinduism.
Answer is quite simple: YES
In 2021, Sister ROBANCY AMAL HELEN, a Tamil Christian nun and advocate of Dalit Christian rights drafted policy paper on status of Dalit Christians in Southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh, where bulk of India's Dalit Christians reside.
Sister HELEN is part of "Idente Charism", Roman Catholic Christian mission based in SPAIN. While working with All India Christian Bishop Conference in Delhi for 5 years, she drafted policies for Dalit Christian welfare and coordinated Dalit Christian programs all over India.