Kalachuvadu Magazine - April 2020

In this issue

The editorial of Kalachuvadu issue number 244 alarms about the present and aftermath situation in the break out of Novel Coronavirus background. April is the month to remember the ideas and acts of Baba sahib Dr. B R Ambedkar. Kalachuvadu carries articles by new generation activist writers. Prabhakaran on Ambedkar and media, A B RAjasekaran on the influence of John Dewey on Ambedkar’s concept of ‘pursuit of happiness’, Udayaraj on Ambedkars thoughts about budjet and Stalin Rajangam compares the ideas of Ambedkar with Tamil ideologue Iyaothidas. Sivasankar S J translates some of the letters by Ambedkar. Kannada dalit writer Devanuru Mahadeva tells the importance of Gandhi. The recent riots at Delhi in protest of the impliement of CAA, NPR and NRC are well analaysed in two articles by Annamalai and Karventha Maharaj and Gameshvar. The piece by Justice Muralidhar exposes the state tactics to blame muslims are the root cause of the incidents. The not so well known Tamil writer Vindiya of the ester decades is introduced by Ambai in the special section Porunai pakkangal. Paa Ahilon contributes poems. The month of April makes us to remember the master story teller Gabriel Carcia Marquez and it is refelected in the publication of his magical story translated from Spanish by Annadurai. There are the regular features for readers to make their reading worth.