ASA - HCU

25/10/2025

24/10/2025

ASA invites you for the Book Introduction session of,
Adhima Pourudu
Egire Pallam Nadiche Mancham O Koonee Ragam, Dalit Poetry collections by Prof.
Keshav Kumar
Dept of Philosophy, Delhi University

Chief Guest:
*Sri Goreti Venkanna*
Renowned Telugu Poet, Lyricist & Sahitya Akademi
Awardee (2021).
Hon'ble Member, Telangana Legislative Council.

Date & Time:
October 27, 2025 (Monday), 5:00 PM
Venue: Ambedkar Auditorium.

23/10/2025

PRABUDDHA BHARAT

THE READING CIRCLE
INVITES YOU FOR A PRESENTATION ON

Untouchables: who were they ? And why they became untouchables?

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, in Who Were the Untouchables and How They Became Untouchables, examines the roots of untouchability in Indian society. He suggests that these communities were once part of mainstream society but were later excluded due to their differing beliefs and practices. Ambedkar argues that the system of untouchability was not natural but socially created to maintain hierarchy and control. The core idea emphasizes that untouchability arose from power struggles, religious conflicts, and efforts to enforce social dominance, turning once-independent groups into marginalized communities.

Presenter

RAGA

Raga is a Masters student at the Department of Economics, UoH.

25th October 2026
SATURDAY
4 PM
ZAKIR HUSSAIN
COMPLEX

22/10/2025

ASA REMEMBERS S.R.
SANKARAN
ON HIS BIRTH ANNIVERSARY.

Ambedkar Students' Association remembers Sri S.R. Sankaran (1934-
2010), a visionary civil servant, social reformer, and a lifelong ally of the oppressed. Popularly called the "People's IAS Officer," he dedicated his career to the upliftment of Dalits, Adivasis, and the poor. As a 1956-batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, he played a key role in implementing land reforms, abolition of bonded labour, promotion of education for Scheduled Castes and Tribes, and the Integrated Tribal Development Programme (ITDP). He also framed welfare measures for Harijan hostels, minimum wages, and rural development schemes.
Sankaran's work went beyond the office - he lived simply among the poor, and upheld Ambedkarite values of equality and justice. ASA salutes his selfless service and calls upon every Dalit in power to carry forward his legacy, to use their position not as a privilege but to become a voice for the marginalised and empower them.

22/10/2025

Remembering the Revolutionary Tribal leader Komaram Bheem

ASA remembers Komaram Bheem, a great tribal leader and freedom fighter on his birth anniversary, born in 1901 near Asifabad in present-day Telangana.

Coming from the Tribal Gond community, Bheem grew up witnessing the harsh exploitation under the Nizam’s feudal rule.
He saw his people lose their land and suffer under forced labour. His father was killed in a land dispute, leaving a deep impact on him. Constantly humiliated and denied rights, Bheem was chased by authorities for questioning exploitation. These painful experiences awakened his revolutionary spirit and led him to dedicate his life to tribal freedom and dignity.

Bheem led a strong rebellion against the Nizam’s oppressive policies that deprived Adivasis of their basic rights over their Jal, Jangal, Zameen (Water, Forest, Land). He organised the Gond people to resist forced labour, land grabbing, and social humiliation.
Komaram Bheem’s struggle is a symbol of resistance against injustice and reminds us, as Ambedkarites, to stand firm for the rights and empowerment of the marginalised.

18/10/2025

ASA invites you to a session with Praveen Dainampelly, who has written the UPSC Mains four times, appeared twice for the interview, and is selected as a DySP through the Telangana Group 1 exam. He will share his proven strategies and real exam insights to help aspirants from marginalised sections prepare effectively and confidently for competitive exams.
Saturday, 18th October
5:00 PM
Zakir Hussain

17/10/2025

As ASA, we would like to reiterate that we are not opposed to academic collaborations or new programmes. However, we strongly believe that any programme being run within the University campus, especially one that uses public land and resources, must comply with constitutional mandates and government regulations, particularly with respect to social justice and the rights of marginalised communities.
Running a programme without reservation, transparency, and oversight raises serious concerns, especially about access and equity for students from SC, ST, OBC, and other marginalised backgrounds.
ASA submitted a representation into providing the information regarding the information regarding B-Tech course run on the university campus.

14/10/2025

On 7 October 2025, we lost Y. Puran Kumar, a 2001-batch IPS officer belonging to a Scheduled Caste, serving as Inspector General at the Police Training Centre, Sunaria (Rohtak), Haryana. He was found dead by gunshot at his Chandigarh residence.

Behind this tragedy lies not personal despair but the systemic rot of caste oppression, which pervades India’s bureaucracy despite promises of institutional transformation toward social justice. In his final note, Puran Kumar detailed years of caste-based harassment, targeted humiliation, and administrative persecution by senior officers.

The Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA), University of Hyderabad, unequivocally condemns this institutional murder of a Dalit officer by a caste-ridden state apparatus. This case exposes the Brahminical order where all the culprits come from the dominant castes that govern India's administrative machinery where hierarchy is masked as discipline and humiliation masquerades as merit. The structural harassment of Puran Kumar shatters the myth that “merit” or “mobility” frees Dalits from caste and also challenges the progressive imagination of modernity.

As Babasaheb Ambedkar warned:

“Caste is not merely a division of labour—it is also a division of labourers. Civilized society undoubtedly needs division of labour. But in no civilized society is division of labour accompanied by this unnatural division of labourers into watertightcompartments.”

The complaint by Amneet P. Kumar, IAS, naming DGP Shatrujeet Kapur and SP Narendra Bijarniya, lays bare the institutional complicity behind this violence, along with 14 other senior IAS and IPS officers. The FIR under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act affirms that caste is central to this crime. Yet, the political state and its socio-hegemons remain silent under the shadow of ignorance. When protectors of law become perpetrators of caste injustice, the Constitution itself stands betrayed. What masquerades as bureaucratic meritocracy is, in truth,Brahminical privilege; justice is reduced to a narrative that preserves the dominant caste order and dictates who deserves to retain their dignity.

CALL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

ASA Demands:

1. Immediate suspension and prosecution of all officers named in the complaint.

2. A time-bound, independent judicial inquiry monitored by the National SC Commission.

3. Structural reforms to confront caste discrimination within police and administrative services, with grievance mechanisms led by Dalit officers.

4. Psychosocial support for officers enduring caste-based hostility.

This is not merely a personal loss—it is a mirror to the Brahminical-colonial perpetuities within India’s bureaucracy and beyond. Representation without transformation remains hollow when Dalits in uniform die under the weight of caste humiliation, atrocities, and oppression that sounds parallel to that of Dr Rohit Vemula, Dr Payal Tadvi, and Darshan Solanki.

14/10/2025

On this day, we commemorate the creation of the Republican Party of India (RPI), formed to give voice to Dalits, backward classes, and marginalized communities in India’s democratic society. Throughout his life, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar fought for constitutional safeguards, as well as for the political, social, and economic emancipation of oppressed communities.

The RPI carried forward his dream of creating a society free from caste oppression, discrimination, and social hierarchy. It became a symbol of hope for those denied justice and equality, emphasizing the importance of political representation as part of the process of social empowerment. The Ambedkar Students Association (ASA) draws inspiration from this legacy, reaffirming its commitment to education, advocacy, and mobilization of young people for social change. In keeping with Dr. Ambedkar’s vision, we commit to uphold the principles of equality, liberty, and fraternity, and to continue the fight against all forms of caste-based oppression.

13/10/2025

Commemorating the Historical Day of Emancipation

Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Day
October 14
Tuesday | 5pm
Southshopcom

12/10/2025

Revolutionary Salute to Prof. G.N. Saibaba: A Martyr to State Repression

On the first anniversary of his institutional murder, the Ambedkar Students Association (ASA) pays resolute and revolutionary tributes to Professor G.N. Saibaba. The Indian state, threatened by his unwavering commitment to the oppressed, systematically orchestrated his death—first through a fraudulent legal process, and finally through the brutal conditions of its carceral system.

Prof. Saibaba was a crusader for constitutional morality, a scholar who channeled his knowledge into the service of Adivasis, Dalits, and all marginalized people. His life’s work was a direct challenge to the Brahminical-capitalist powers that perpetuate systemic oppression. In response, a fearful state demonstrated its inherent fragility by targeting a wheelchair-bound Delhi University professor with its most draconian weapon: the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

His 2014 conviction and life sentence were a travesty of justice, a premeditated act to silence a powerful voice. For eight years, he endured wrongful incarceration and documented torture, his body broken but his spirit unyielding. The Bombay High Court’s verdict on the conviction in 2022 explicitly exposed the state’s malicious charade, noting the complete absence of credible evidence and the prosecution's fabricated case. This judicial admission lays bare the Indian state's stylistic feature: the use of political and judicial overreach to inflict prolonged imprisonment on its critics.

Yet, the state’s vengeance had already been exacted. Within seven months of his hard-won freedom, the physical toll of his state-sanctioned torture claimed his life. Prof. Saibaba was not merely imprisoned; he was executed by the state.

His murder is not an isolated incident. It is a hallmark of a regime that criminalizes dissent, from the Bhima Koregaon case to the suppression of anti-CAA protesters. The UAPA and other draconian laws are the chosen tools to silence the call for justice, liberty, and equality.

On this first death anniversary, ASA reaffirms its commitment to the caravan of emancipation that Prof. Saibaba so passionately led. We draw strength from his life of struggle, his centering of knowledge as a tool of agitation, and his ultimate sacrifice. We demand the unconditional and immediate release of all political prisoners languishing in the dungeons of this state.

We also extend our revolutionary salute to his wife, Vasantha Kumari, whose relentless resilience stands as a testament to the power of resistance. Her fight was an extension of his, and our fight continues from where he left off.

Jai Bhim!

The Caravan of Liberation Marches On.

10/10/2025

ASA submitted the representation for the Extension for Application deadline for UoHSA Fellowship