ASA - HCU

Representation submitted regarding preponement of CUET PG counselling dates

Remembering Mahatma Ayyankali on his Death Anniversary (28 August 1863 - 18 June 1947)

Ayyankali was a social reformer from Travancore, Kerala. The caste discrimination he faced as a child turned him into a leader of an anti-caste movement. Ayyankali, in 1893, rode an ox-cart challenging the ban on untouchables from accessing public roads by caste-Hindus. When Dalits were not allowed to access schools, Pulaya farmers, under the leadership of Ayyankali, declared, "if our kids are not allowed to enter your schools, your paddies will grow mere weeds." Even when the government was compelled to let Pulayas access schools, the school administrations were reluctant to admit Dalit students. Ayyankali then decided to start his own school; he started Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham, which later raised funds to start their own schools. He organised massive strikes by mass mobilizing Dalits against the caste Hindu oppression.
Ayyankali Zinda! Zinda Hai!!

ASA remembers Dharti Aaba Birsa Munda on his Death Anniversary

BIRSA MUNDA was born on November 15, 1875 in Ulihatu village of Jharkand in Munda tribe. He founded a new sect known as the Birsait which preached belief in one God and opposed the missionary activities of the British. The Permanent Settlement Act, 1793 abolished the traditional "khuntkatti" system of the tribals and imposed Beth Begari -forced labour on tribals.
Birsa Munda launched the Ulgulan (or Great Tumult)movement (Munda rebellion) in 1899 and gave the slogan against British Raj:"Abua Raj Setarjana, Maharani Roj Tundujana" (Let the kingdom of the queen be ended and our kingdom be established). They wanted to expel dikus (colonidl officials, land grabbers, and exploitative moneylenders) to establish an independent Munda Raj.
In March 1900, British forces captured Birsa Munda while he was sleeping in the Jamkopai forest of Chakradharpur. On 9June 1900, he died at the young age of 25 while under captivity in the Ranchi Jail. While official reports cited cholera as the cause, the actual circumstances of his sudden death remain shrouded in mystery.

Jal Jungle Zameen!
Ulgulan Zindabad!!
Hul Johar!!!

Telangana Beyond Statehood: Struggle, Sacrifice, and Social Justice

At the heart of every wave of agitation stood the students. They became the conscience and the cavalry of the movement. It was at Osmania that the 1969 uprising ignited, spreading from campus to street in a blaze that the establishment could not stop. Students marched, struck, were beaten and imprisoned. Sacrifices were countless, so that a people might have their own state.

On June 2, 2014, Telangana became India's 29th state not through the grace of rulers, but through decades of blood, song, and unbreakable protest. The Ambedkar Students Association honours the sacrifices of countless martyrs and takes inspiration from their courage and unrelenting will.

Dr. Ambedkar warned against linguistic states built on cultural sentiment alone, without addressing the material roots of oppression. His warnings were prescient. The 1956 formation of Andhra Pradesh forged on the premise of a shared Telugu tongue erased the region's distinct socio-economic identity. The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1956 promised equitable distribution of water, jobs, and funds. But what followed was an organised dispossession rooted in the gross violation of the agreement. Telangana's rivers were drained, its lands cultivated for Andhra surplus, its children were discriminated by the machinery of the distant, dominant class.

The Mulki Rules, meant to protect Telangana's people in their own land, were dismantled. The backwardness of the region was not natural, it was manufactured by policy, sustained by upper caste and upper class elite. And when the people started resisting in 1969, 1973 and across four decades of agitation, the state awarded them with lathis and prison. But the song carried its own caravan, Gaddar sang the revolution from village to village, his voice the weapon of the landless and the low. Teachers, students, auto-drivers, and Dalit-Bahujan communities, became the spine of the movement.

The cultural resistance of Telangana was the consciousness of the marginalised made visible. Their attire, their songs, their protest and all those forms that refuse erasure.The formation of Telangana is, in the Ambedkarite frame, a political achievement of agitation and organisation. While we acknowledge the liberation, the shackles of oppression within new borders still remain. In this imagination, the project is still not complete without the struggle for equitable land, water, and representation. We remember every student who died in the movement. Every teacher who was jailed. Every farmer who could not water a field the state had promised. We remember their sorrow and the fury.

ASA shall take forward the resistance and fight everyday till the chains of caste oppression are broken.

Jai Telangana !
Jai Bheem !

ASA has submitted a representation to the Chief Warden for the Removal of the mandatory 2500 summer stay fee.

Remembering Mahatma Jyotiba Phule's Book Gulamgiri

Published on 1 June 1873, Gulamgiri (Slavery) by Jyotirao Phule is one of the foundational texts of anti-caste thought in India. Written in the form of a dialogue, the book offers a powerful critique of the caste system and the social, religious, and economic inequalities that structured nineteenth-century Indian society. Phule drew parallels between the oppression of Shudras and Atishudras in India and the enslavement of Black people in the United States, highlighting the interconnected nature of struggles against domination and exclusion.The text continues to inspire anti-caste movements, students, scholars, and activists who challenge enduring structures of inequality and discrimination. Remembering Gulamgiri is not only an act of historical reflection, but also a reaffirmation of the ongoing struggle for dignity, equality, and liberation."If you want to free yourself from slavery, you must first educate yourself and know your own history and condition"

Preparing for UoH PhD entrance for Social Inclusion Studies?

To aid in the last leg of the preparation for the UoH entrance exam, Ambedkar Students' Association is organising an online session for discussing last minute preparation, followed by Q&A.

Sunday, 1st June, 4PM to 5PM

Link - https://calendar.app.google/o9yzfhKi3iduPMSS7

Preparing for UoH PhD entrance for Sociology?

To aid in the last leg of the preparation for the UoH entrance exam, Ambedkar Students' Association is organising an online session for discussing last minute preparation, followed by Q&A.

Sunday, 1st June, 5PM to 6PM

Link - https://calendar.app.google/hdEoYpGrNQ5QXXAP6

Preparing for UoH PhD entrance for Telugu?

To aid in the last leg of the preparation for the UoH entrance exam, Ambedkar Students' Association is organising an online session for discussing last minute preparation, followed by Q&A.

Sunday, 31st May, 6PM to 7PM

Link - https://calendar.app.google/Lj5RnnyjLWQyCEix8

Preparing for UoH PhD entrance for Political Science?

To aid in the last leg of the preparation for the UoH entrance exam, Ambedkar Students' Association is organising an online session for discussing last minute preparation, followed by Q&A.

Sunday, 31st May, 4PM to 5PM

Link - https://calendar.app.google/Su5Y4GVbvkY7Vd3Q6