Talk by Nidhin Shobhana on #Hatred_in_the_belly at Miranda House, Delhi University.
Events
Manchester event: Discussion on ‘Hatred in the Belly: Politics behind the appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s writings’
Manchester Launch of Hatred in the Belly: Politics behind the appropriation of Dr. Ambedkar’s writings
by Ambedkar Age Collective
When: 6 – 8 pm, 6th October 2016
Where: Samuel Alexander A201,
The University of Manchester,
Oxford Rd, Manchester
Talks, Readings and Discussion
Chair: Rubina Jasani
Speakers: Anu Ramdas, Kuffir Nalgundwar, Gaurav Somwanshi, Sruthi Herbert, Sridhar Gowda, Kavita Bhanot
Hatred in the Belly published by The Shared Mirror is the powerful response by a number of Dalit-Bahujan writers to Arundhati Roy’s ‘much-needed-introduction’ to Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste, published by Navayana Press in 2014, and by Verso Press in the UK. While focussing on Arundhati Roy-Navayana’s project as a ‘case study’ of sorts, the book is an important and timely intervention that unpacks the wider politics
of the appropriation of Ambedkar and Ambedkar ‘s writings by brahmin/upper caste ‘progressives’. One of the important books of the 21st century, Hatred in the Belly raises important questions of representation, self-assertion and the damaging effects of an elite left and celebrity activism upon people’s movements and struggles.
The book and the discussion around it brings layers and complexity to decolonial discourse in Britain, addressing structures and hegemonies of media, publication and academic discourse within India and how this plays out globally through international collaborations between ‘progressive’ elites. The book is also remarkable for the ways in which, bypassing powerful publishing, marketing and distribution structures and networks, it has emerged from a collective process of writing, editing, translating, publishing, marketing and distribution. We will be joined, via skype, by Gaurav Somwanshi, contributor to Round Table India and Hatred in the Belly, and Anu Ramdas and Kuffir Nalgundwar, founders/editors of Round Table India and editors of Hatred in the Belly. Join us for a discussion about the book, with an opportunity to buy a copy.
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Unveiling Brahmanic Hegemony: A Discussion on ‘Hatred in the belly: Politics behind the appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s Writings’
The Shared Mirror is pleased to invite you for a discussion on ‘Hatred in the belly: Politics behind the appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s Writings’ at JNU, New Delhi
Date: 10TH January 2016
Time: 2.30PM To 6.00PM
Place: School of Social Sciences-I Auditorium, JNU, New Delhi
SPEAKERS
VIMAL THORAT, CONVENOR –NCDHR
DR. RAJ KUMAR, DEPT. OF ENGLISH, DU
DR. RAJ KUMAR, DEPT. OF POL. SCI., DU
DR. MILIND EKNATH AWAD, JNU
DR. HARISH S. WANKHEDE, JNU
DILIP MANDAL, FORMER EDITOR, INDIA TODAY
ANOOP KUMAR, TEACHER-ACTIVIST, WARDHA
KANIKA SORI, WRITER & RESEARCHER
RAHUL SONPIMPLE, WRITER & RESEARCHER
NAREN BEDIDE (KUFFIR), EDITOR, RTI EDITOR, RTI
Other contributing authors joining the discussion include, Nidhin Shobhana, Akshay Pathak and Gurinder Azad
Hatred in the belly: Book release and interactive session (Pune)
Date: Friday, December 25 at 6:00PM -9:00 PM
Venue: Manuski Advocacy Centre, Plot No. 3, Survey 14B, 247, Deccan College Rd, Ward No. 8, Yerwada Village, Yerawada, Pune, Maharashtra 411006
The book, Hatred in the belly, will be released by eminent Marathi Novelist Sharankumar Limbale in Pune on 25 December 2015. Kuffir Nalgundwar, co-founder of Rountable India and prominent Ambedkarite activist Karthik Navayan will be present at the event. Many authors who contributed to the book, ‘Hatred in the Belly’, will also be present at the event.
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During the 3-hour event, writers will read from ‘Hatred in the belly’ and discuss the book with the audience.
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About the book:
Hatred in the belly is a Telugu phrase (kaDupulO kasi) taken from a speech delivered by poet Joopaka Subhadra, in Hyderabad, on the appropriation of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste. The speech, included in this volume, aptly summarises the deep-seated hostility of Brahminic India towards the Dalit-Bahujan. Similarly, the other essays and speeches collected in this volume, written and delivered by a number of writers, academicians, students, and activists (referred to as the Ambedkar Age Collective in this book), unfurl before you a critical tapestry dissecting the hegemonic brahminic discourse which works towards delegitimising the radical legacy of Amebdkarite thought.
The most stark example of these efforts, from the ‘left’ and the ‘right’ of the Indian political spectrum, is the Navayana edition of Babasaheb’s AoC with an ‘introduction’ by Arundhati Roy. The works collected here emerged as spontaneous reactions to the Roy-Navayana project from multiple locations and in multiple languages. The varied interventions, which began online, and the discursive terrains it opened up, offer us a glimpse of the ways through which the marginalised resist continued attempts at hegemonising knowledge by the brahminic oppressors.
Time: 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm
Venue: Manuski Advocacy Centre, Plot No. 3, Survey 14B, 247, Deccan College Rd, Ward No. 8, Yerwada Village, Yerawada, Pune, Maharashtra 411006
Note: Manuski Advocacy Centre is located near ‘Sadal Baba Dargah’, Yerwada.
(Copies of the book will be available at the event for purchase. Those who are interested in booking their copy in advance can call on this number: 9833432885 (Yogesh Maitreya) or can write to him at maitreyayogesh@gmail.com)
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The book is available in bookshops in Pune, Bangalore and other places, it is also available on amazon.in: Hatred in the belly: Politics behind the appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s writings
