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THE CARTOON THAT SHOOK THE PARLIAMENT
Tribune
editorial ‘Ambedkar Cartoon row rocks Parliament’
(May 14) – Cartoons have a special importance in
the field of Journalism. One simple look at it brings
to the mind of the reader so many meanings, hidden or
express, associated with the event depicted that a write
- up loaded with tough and difficult words may not do.
The cartoon more often than not by its comic appearance
has the magic to tickle the funny bone and create a little
humour also. At the same time, the possibility of it creating
trouble and anger among people can also not be excluded.
That of course depends upon the bonafides of the person
wielding the pen.
The
cartoon on Baba Sahib Dr. Ambedkar included in the class
xi school text books has virtually shaken both the houses
of Parliament, the hon’ble members cutting across
party lines baying for the blood of those presumably responsible
for insulting Baba Sahib. The anger expressed by the Parliamentarians
and others may not be purely for selfish reasons nor will
it be proper for anyone to say that the people in those
days when the cartoon in question was drawn and published
in 1949 were more tolerant and democratic than the ones
making noise now over it.
The
fact of the matter is that the Constitution – making
business under the stewardship of Dr. Ambedkar at that
time was just in progress which in the opinion of some
critics was moving at a snail’s pace. And Shankar
Pillay, the renowned cartoonist of the day was quick enough
to artfully put that feeling in the form of the cartoon.
It was not objected to by anyone or Dr. Ambedkar himself
who must have seen it for the simple reason that it was
just a comment of a passing nature expressed in a lighter
vein. Seen in that light, it was not fair by any means
for the NCERT committee to make it a permanent piece of
history to be taught to the young impressionable minds
through the school text books that was sure to stick on
their minds forever.
Now to form a fair judgment if Baba Sahib was really guilty of the implied charge of not piloting the Constitution speedily enough, one has to go into the history of the Constitution – making itself. For that, there cannot be a more reliable and authentic document than the speech that Ambedkar delivered on 25th November 1949 in the Constituent Assembly.
Now to form a fair judgment if Baba Sahib was really guilty of the implied charge of not piloting the Constitution speedily enough, one has to go into the history of the Constitution – making itself. For that, there cannot be a more reliable and authentic document than the speech that Ambedkar delivered on 25th November 1949 in the Constituent Assembly.
This
speech read together with the speeches of the several
Assembly members especially the chairman Dr. Rajendra
Parsad and T.T. Krishnam Acharaya leaves not even an iota
of doubt that in the given circumstances, the enormity
of the task and the formidable odds facing the Drafting
Committee, it was virtually an unbelievable feat for Dr.
Ambedkar to have completed the work within the shortest
possible time. Speaking of the excellent performance of
Dr. Ambedkar, Dr. Rajendra Parsad had then said on the
floor of the house “He (Dr. Ambedkar) has not only
justified his selection but has addedlustre to the work
that he has done.” It would be thus not only a perversity
of the facts of history but a great injustice to the memory
of such a great man by perpetuating wrong impression about
his work and personality through such books. Posted
on May 17, 2012
‘Shudra- The Rising’ is the first feature film
‘Shudra- The Rising’ is the first
feature film on the menace of caste discrimination.
The maker of the film has taken a great risk to
expose the harsh realities of hidden apartheid
in India. He must be congratulated for this venture.
Initially this film was cleared from the Censor
Board but some of the organisations in India objected
to its screening. Now the Censor Board is playing
in the hands of these organisations. So its screening
has been postponed twice. We must support the
film maker and ask for its early release so that
everybody is able to see clear picture of our
dark history. I would like to request your readers
to act as requested by the film maker. Mr. Sanjiv
Jaiswal and send EMS and also spread this message
to their contacts.
With kindest regards,
Arun Kumar (UK) Posted on May 19, 2012
With kindest regards,
Arun Kumar (UK) Posted on May 19, 2012
Dear
Friends,
We have always cherished your sapient association & support to our efforts so far. Once again we need your patronage & solicit your commitment to "Mission Itihaas" in order to save the film "Shudra - The Rising" from a Censor Ban. Through our mission we have to prove the social acceptance of our subject for Censor Board Clearance by accumulating 1 lac SMS from all across the nation. We have to prove, this is not just another film but an exposure of a dark truth of history to the society as well as common people which was hidden so far.
We have always cherished your sapient association & support to our efforts so far. Once again we need your patronage & solicit your commitment to "Mission Itihaas" in order to save the film "Shudra - The Rising" from a Censor Ban. Through our mission we have to prove the social acceptance of our subject for Censor Board Clearance by accumulating 1 lac SMS from all across the nation. We have to prove, this is not just another film but an exposure of a dark truth of history to the society as well as common people which was hidden so far.
We
seek your support to SMS in maximum possible no.
to show our strength & solidarity to the 'so
called' civilized society & the people who
want to stop us to reveal our poignant tale of
misery, hopelessness & doom in the past.
PLEASE
SMS TO
575758 (National), PLEASE SMS
TO +919892403666 (International)
We
also want you to encourage your friends &
acquaintances to strike out any mischievous attempt
of stopping this film from release by sending
more & more SMS as well as spreading "Mission
Itihaas" to their maximum reach.
Sincere Regards
Sanjiv Jaiswal,
Shudra Website, Shudra Facebook, Shudra Twitter Posted on May 19, 2012
Sincere Regards
Sanjiv Jaiswal,
Shudra Website, Shudra Facebook, Shudra Twitter Posted on May 19, 2012
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| Type | Location | Collection | Call Number | Status | Date Due |
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| Tamil | Connemara Public Library Language Section | DBA | 301.451 PAR | Available |
Monday, May 14, 2012
சாதி வெறி பிடித்த அரச பயங்கரவாத கும்பல் நடத்திய கொலைவெறித்தாக்குதலின் மீதான பொது விசாரணை அறிக்கை வெளியீட்டு நிகழ்வு .....
Ambedkar cartoon row: Mayawati threatens to stall Parliament
http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/NAT-TOP-ambedkar-cartoon-row-mayawati-threatens-to-stall-parliament-3250403.html?LHS-
New Delhi: The issue of publication of a cartoon of BR Ambedkar in an NCERT book threatened to snowball into a crisis with BSP Chief Mayawati on Friday declaring she will not allow Parliament to function if action was not taken those responsible for the act within three days.
"This is an insult on Indian democracy. The government should intervene and take strong action against those, who are involved in this. If it failed to do so, we will wait for two to three days or else our party will not allow the House to run," Mayawati told reporters outside Parliament.
HRD Ministry later said that the government has ordered removal of the cartoon from the NCERT textbooks.
Members of her party forced adjournments in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha over the issue and disallowed HRD Minister Kapil Sibal from making a statement.
LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan also slammed the publication as "highly deplorable".
He said that those who have made this kind of cartoon and also those who endorsed it should not only be suspended but should be booked under the SC/ST act.
Wondering how can such objectionable material creep into NCERT books, a visibly angry Paswan said, "NCERT should be closed down."
New Delhi: The issue of publication of a cartoon of BR Ambedkar in an NCERT book threatened to snowball into a crisis with BSP Chief Mayawati on Friday declaring she will not allow Parliament to function if action was not taken those responsible for the act within three days.
"This is an insult on Indian democracy. The government should intervene and take strong action against those, who are involved in this. If it failed to do so, we will wait for two to three days or else our party will not allow the House to run," Mayawati told reporters outside Parliament.
HRD Ministry later said that the government has ordered removal of the cartoon from the NCERT textbooks.
Members of her party forced adjournments in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha over the issue and disallowed HRD Minister Kapil Sibal from making a statement.
LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan also slammed the publication as "highly deplorable".
He said that those who have made this kind of cartoon and also those who endorsed it should not only be suspended but should be booked under the SC/ST act.
Wondering how can such objectionable material creep into NCERT books, a visibly angry Paswan said, "NCERT should be closed down."
மரித்துப் போன சகிப்புத்தன்மை.
2012-05-14 22:03
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2012-05-14 18:59
அம்பேத்கரை இழிவு படுத்தும் வகையில் உள்ள ஒரு கார்ட்டூன் பாடப்புத்தகத்தி ல் போட்டு என்ன சொல்லவருகிறார்க ள் என்று முதலில் போட்டால் நன்றாக இருக்கும்.
நேருவை அல்லது காந்தியை அம்பேத்கர் சட்டையால் அடிப்பது போல் போட்டால் காங்கிரஸ் விட்டுவிடுமா?
பாடப்புத்தகத்தி ல் ஒரு தலைவரை போட்டு குழந்தைகளுக்கு ஏன் நஞ்சை விதைகிறர்கள்.
நேருவை அல்லது காந்தியை அம்பேத்கர் சட்டையால் அடிப்பது போல் போட்டால் காங்கிரஸ் விட்டுவிடுமா?
பாடப்புத்தகத்தி ல் ஒரு தலைவரை போட்டு குழந்தைகளுக்கு ஏன் நஞ்சை விதைகிறர்கள்.
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2012-05-14 12:56
தி.மு.கா. - அ.தி.மு.க. இணைப்பு 1979ல், பிஜுபட்னாயக் விருப்பம் மு.கருணாநிதி ஆதங்கம்:
1979 !, அதற்குப்பிறகு 1989 வரை தி.மு.க. வால் பதவிக்கு வரமுடியவில்லை. அதுவும் இலங்கைப்பிரச்சன ையை வைத்து, "திராவிடனுக்கு ஒரு நாடு தமிழீழ நாடு" என்று நீயும் க.அன்பழகனும். இப்போது தயாநிதி,கலாநிதி பிராமணர், அன்பழகன் வெள்ளைக்காரர்(வ ெள்ளாளர்), இலங்கைத்தமிழங்க ளும், மலேஷியா சூதாட்ட பில்லிநேயர் டி. அனந்தகிருஷ்ணன் பெண்டாட்டி பிரஞ்ச்சுகாரி, லண்டன் பெருதுப்பிள்ளை மருமகள் வெள்ளைக்காரி நாங்கள் யாழ்ப்பாண "ஆரிய சக்கரவர்த்தி" வழிவந்தவர்கள் என்று பல அப்பாவி மக்களின் உயிரை பழிவாங்கி இலாபமடைந்தீர்கள .
1980 களில் எங்களைப்போன்றவர ்களையும் பிராடு இலங்கைத்தமிழர்க ளுக்காக ஊர்வலம் நடத்தவைத்து போலீசிடம் அடிவாங்க வைத்தீர்கள்.
ஏன்யா, நீ ஆட்சியில் இருந்தால் மற்றவர்களுடன் இணைவியா ?
1979 !, அதற்குப்பிறகு 1989 வரை தி.மு.க. வால் பதவிக்கு வரமுடியவில்லை. அதுவும் இலங்கைப்பிரச்சன ையை வைத்து, "திராவிடனுக்கு ஒரு நாடு தமிழீழ நாடு" என்று நீயும் க.அன்பழகனும். இப்போது தயாநிதி,கலாநிதி பிராமணர், அன்பழகன் வெள்ளைக்காரர்(வ ெள்ளாளர்), இலங்கைத்தமிழங்க ளும், மலேஷியா சூதாட்ட பில்லிநேயர் டி. அனந்தகிருஷ்ணன் பெண்டாட்டி பிரஞ்ச்சுகாரி, லண்டன் பெருதுப்பிள்ளை மருமகள் வெள்ளைக்காரி நாங்கள் யாழ்ப்பாண "ஆரிய சக்கரவர்த்தி" வழிவந்தவர்கள் என்று பல அப்பாவி மக்களின் உயிரை பழிவாங்கி இலாபமடைந்தீர்கள .
1980 களில் எங்களைப்போன்றவர ்களையும் பிராடு இலங்கைத்தமிழர்க ளுக்காக ஊர்வலம் நடத்தவைத்து போலீசிடம் அடிவாங்க வைத்தீர்கள்.
ஏன்யா, நீ ஆட்சியில் இருந்தால் மற்றவர்களுடன் இணைவியா ?
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Maharashtra govt to ban book on Gandhi
The reports also said Gandhi had been called a racist in the book.
Quoting newspaper reports, Thakre said, "According to the reports, the book has raised doubts over Gandhi’s character, which is a serious issue. He was the father of the nation who gave the message of ahimsa (non-violence) to the world. I strongly protest the language used by him (the author) and such literature should not be allowed to be published."
Making a statement on behalf of the government, Industries minister Narayan Rane said, "The references made by the American author are not acceptable and the state will initiate steps to see that the book does not get published in Maharashtra. We will also request the central government to initiate steps to ban the book that maligns Mahatma Gandhi’s image."
Legislative council chairman Shivajirao Deshmukh who requested Rane to take a decision on the issue on behalf of the government said that he would ensure that the state took appropriate steps to make sure the book was banned.
Meanwhile, talking to the media in Pune, union law minister Veerappa Moily said that the central government would look into prohibiting the book. "Information in the book was baseless and on the here-say. It was degenerating to the national pride and national leadership. It was printed without any basis," he said.
When pointed out that Maharashtra government had already announced ban on the book, Moily replied, "We will certainly look into it. We will look into prohibit the book".
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Keshav Shankar Pilla (born in Kerala): The man behind 'Ambedkar-Nehru cartoon'
New Delhi: The NCERT (National Council Of Educational Research And Training) school textbook cartoon of Dr BR Ambedkar and Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru which created a furore in parliament was sketched by renowned cartoonist Keshav Shankar Pillai, popularly known as Shankar.
Shankar sketched the said cartoon in the 1950s while the Constitution of India was being framed.
Shankar (31 July 1902-26 December 1989) was born in Kayamkulam, Kerala, considered as the father of political cartooning in India, founded the publishing house, Children's Book Trust, in 1957.
He made number of cartoons for newspapers and magazine, in addition with his magazine, Shankar’s Weekly.
The government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 1956, Padma Bhushan in 1966 and Padma Vibhushan in 1976. In his honour, the Government of India released two postal stamps 1991.
He is remembered for setting up Children's Book Trust established in 1957 and Shankar's International Dolls Museum in 1965.
Shankar's wife name was Thankam. He had two sons and three daughters. He also published an autobiographical work, 'Life with my Grandfather', 1953.
Noteworthy, the said cartoon shows Ambedkar seated on a snail with 'Constitution' written on it and Jawaharlal Nehru, whipping the snail with crowd in the background.
Book suggests Gandhi was racist, bisexual
The book quotes from Gandhi’s letter to Kallenbach: “Your portrait (the only one) stands on my mantelpiece in my bedroom” and this mantelpiece “is opposite to the bed.” According to Lelyveld, cotton wool and Vaseline were “a constant reminder” of Kallenbach for Gandhi.
Lelyveld further states that Gandhi nicknamed himself “Upper House” while Kallenbach was “Lower House”, and the Lower House was not supposed to “look lustfully upon any woman.”
“How completely you have taken possession of my body. This is slavery with a vengeance,” the advocate of celibacy wrote to Kallenbach. And the two swore “more love, and yet more love…such love as they hope the world has not yet seen.”
The book, which dwells at length on his work in South Africa, also claims that the Mahatma was racist towards the blacks. “We were then marched off to a prison intended for Kaffirs,” complained Gandhi during a campaign for the rights of Indians in South Africa. “We could understand not being classed with whites, but to be placed on the same level as the Natives seemed too much to put up with. Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilized — the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live like animals.”
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A 60-year-old cartoon on BR Ambedkar in a government schoolbook rocked Parliament on Friday
Monday, May 14, 2012
First Published: 22:46 IST(13/5/2012)
Last Updated: 00:05 IST(14/5/2012)
Last Updated: 00:05 IST(14/5/2012)
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbook advisers Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar resigned in protest following the row. The cartoon, sketched in the 1950s by celebrated cartoonist Keshav Shankar Pillai, popularly known as Shankar, depicts Jawaharlal Nehru with a whip in his hand chasing Ambedkar, seated on a snail, urging him to speed up work on the Constitution.
As a fallout of the controversy, activists of a little known outfit, Republican Panther of India, on Saturday ransacked the office of Professor Palshikar. Watch
Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal speaks on the Ambedkar cartoon row in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. PTI/TV grab
This is not the first time that the country has reacted strongly on matters involving national icons.
Great Soul; Mahatma Gandhi And His Struggle With India, a book written by Pulitzer prize winner journalist Joseph Lelyveld, created a chaos last year, resulting in it being banned in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
The book sparked off controversy as it quoted correspondence between Mahatma and body builder and architect Hermann Kallenbach and implied that Mahatma was bisexual.
"The writing is perverse in nature. It has hurt the sentiments of those with capacity for sane and logical thinking," Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said.
However, a noted writer on Gandhi, Tridip Suhrud deplored the ban, demanding that it be reconsidered.
“The book does not call Gandhi either racist or suggest bisexuality. It in fact argues against such readings. The decision of banning the book should be reconsidered because it is based not on actual reading of the book but one review,” he said.
Pondering over such controversies, we conducted a poll among our readers asking them if we are too touchy about our national icons.
The results declared that a whooping 83% of respondents thought that India reacted on an over sensitive note to anything involving our national icons.
16% of participants thought nothing was wrong with how Indians reacted to the issue while about 1% could not make a choice.
Similarly in 2009, the Modi government in Gujarat had banned BJP leader Jaswant Singh's book Jinnah: India - Partition - Independence on the ground that it questioned Sardar Patel's role in partition and contained defamatory references regarding Patel while praising Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
Last month, the mention of the castes of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh and Rajguru in Congress mouthpiece Sandesh turned into a controversy with the BJP attacking the ruling party and accusing it of showing scant respect to the revolutionaries.
The main Opposition said the Congress had never appreciated the role and contribution of the revolutionaries to the freedom struggle.
“It is not an aberration, but it has been a consistent stand of the Congress. It never appreciated the contribution of heroes like Bhagat Singh and Rajguru,” BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.
The March issue of Sandesh describes Bhagat Singh as a freedom fighter "born in a Jat Sikh family" and Rajguru as one "who belonged to the Deshastha Brahmin community".
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பாகிஸ்தான் காஷ்மீரை ஆக்கஈரமித்து அங்கிருந்த ஹிந்துக்களை கொலையும் கற்பழிப்பும் ஆயிரக்கணக்கில் செய்து கொண்டிருந்தபோது , உடனடி நடவடிக்கை எடுக்காமல் நேரு நத்தையை விடக் கேவலமாக "இப்போது நாம் ராணுவத்தை அனுப்பினால், ஐ நா சபையில் என்ன சொல்லுவார்கள்?" என்று கேட்டு மனேக் ஷா வுக்கு கொடுக்காமல் இருந்தார். அதையெல்லாம் கார்டூனாகப் போடவேண்டிதுதானே ? அம்பேத்கார் எழுதிய அற்புதமான அரசியல் சாசனம் ஐம்பது வருடத்துக்குப் பின் மாறுதல் செய்யப்பட வேண்டியதே. ஆனால் விமானப் படைத் தளபதி, ராணுவ அமைச்சரிடம் "நம் விமானப் படை பலம் பாகிஸ்தானைவிட வலுவற்று இருக்கிறது" என்ற பதற வேண்டிய ரகஸ்யத்தை சொன்னால் அது அமைச்சகமே பத்திரிகையில் போடும் அளவில் அம்பேத்கரின் அரசியல் சாசனச் சட்டம் மீறப்பட்டுள்ளது . அதை கார்ட்டூனாகப் போட வேண்டியதுதானே? அதையெல்லாம் விட்டுவிட்டு தூங்காமல் உழைத்த அம்பேத்காரை கார்ட்டூனில் போடுவதா?
இப்போது ஏன் பத்திரிகைகள் மக்களுக்கு சகிப்புத்தன்மை போதிக்கின்றன?
சரஸ்வதியை நிர்வாணமாகவும், சீதையுடன் அனுமன் நீண்ட வாலை விட்டு உடலுறவு கொள்வது போலும் சித்தரிக்கப்பட் டபோது இதே மாதிரி மக்களுக்கு சகிப்புத்தன்மை போதிக்கபடுவதேன் ?
இதே ஏதோ ஒரு டென்மார்க் பத்திரிக்கை முகம்மது நபியின் தலைக்குப் பின்னால் பிறைநிலவு இருப்பது கொம்பு முளைத்தது போன்றிருப்பதாக கார்ட்டூன் வரைந்தபோது அந்த பத்திரிகையையோ அல்லது கார்ட்டூனையோ ஒரு முறை கூட பார்த்திராத மக்கள் பொங்கி எழுந்தனர். ஹைதராபாத்திலும் , பெங்களூரிலும் மட்டுமே நூறு கோடிக்கு மேல் சேதம் விளைவித்தனர். பஸ்களையும், இஸ்லாமியர் அல்லாதோரின் கார்களையும் கொளுத்தினர். டென்மார்க் பத்திரிகைக்கும் ஹைதராபாத் காருக்கும் என்னங்க சம்பந்தம்? என்று கேட்டு எந்த பத்திரிகையும் ஏன் சகிப்புத் தன்மை போதிக்கவில்லை?
போதனைகள் அம்பெத்காருக்கோ , இந்த புண்ய பூமிக்கோ தேவை இல்லை. அரசியல்வாதிகளுக ்கும் , பத்திரிகைகளுக்க ும்தான். உணர்சிகளுக்கு போதனைகள் தேவை இல்லை. வெறிக்குத்தான் தேவை.