Anil Chamadia अनिल चमड़िया

The CAG reports often expose the claims of governments and the gap between what they preach and practise. The media should use the CAG report as a tool of self-appraisal. What did it miss? And why?

A bare reading of the collection of his speeches is enough to see why Kanshiram, during the initial days of his movement, laid equal stress on collecting resources, motivating people, sharpening organisational skills and developing Bahujan media

Despite having recorded the incident, the media organizations, which shift into the ‘Breaking News’ mode at the drop of a hat, kept this news under wraps for almost a week. For inexplicable reasons, the sensational news that a Shivsena MP force-fed a Muslim observing Roza in front of media persons was canned

Interestingly, just as Gandhiji was a supporter of the varna system but was opposed to atrocities on Dalits, similarly it is often seen even today that those opposed to atrocities on Dalits join hands with the oppressors to oppose reservations

Developing its own language is a sine qua non for the establishment and sustenance of any system. For instance, Brahamanism has its own language and has been dominating our society for thousands of years

A road is not merely meant get you from one place to another. It is also the way through which new ideas enter the village and old ideas are edged out

They forget that Dronacharya was also a teacher, yet he demanded Eklavya’s thumb as ‘guru dakshina’. Eklavya performed his duty as a disciple. But was Dronacharya being fair? Was he behaving as a teacher should

Two distinct trends were clearly visible in the media coverage of the Gohana incident. The way NDTV India covered the incident was a reflection of the true heritage of Indian journalism

When six films are produced on a Dalit leader, charges of bias are hurled freely. On the other hand, when the Lok Sabha speaker keeps mum on other kinds of biases, it is viewed as giving a free hand to the subordinates

What has happened in Tamil Nadu is nothing new in Indian legislative politics. During the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, the tone of the father-son duo of the Samajwadi party had turned distinctly anti-Dalit. The SP has openly voiced its opposition to reservation for tribals and Dalits in promotions in the government sector. The party has also been holding ‘Brahmin conventions’