Essay 6. ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me’ Vinay Shende When I read that Round Table India is asking for essays on the theme of ‘what Babasaheb Ambedkar means to me’, it made me ask this question to myself: Is it about his thoughts? Is it his image of standing firm, holding the Constitution …
A tribute to my teachers
Essay 5. ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me’ Gouri Patwardhan My first encounter with Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar outside the school textbook was at the age of 31. I was working as an interpreter cum research assistant with a German documentary filmmaker on a film on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in 1997. That was the first …
রিটার্ন টু আম্বেদকর (Return to Ambedkar)
Essay 4. ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me’ মহীতোষ মণ্ডল (Mahitosh Mandal) অসুস্থতার কারনে ২০১৫ সালে রুবি হসপিটালে ভর্তি হই । জীবনের প্রথম অপারেশন ।জীবনে প্রথম হসপিটালে রাত কাটানো । স্বাভাবিকভাবেই তীব্র একাকীত্ব ও ভীতি ঘিরে ধরেছিল । সঙ্গে ছিল একটা ট্যাব আর তাতে আম্বেকরের কয়েকটা টেক্সটের পিডিএফ । ট্যাব ঘাঁটতে ঘাঁটতে খুলে …
‘What is your caste?’
Essay 3. ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me’ Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy If I was a tree The bird wouldn’t ask me Before it built its nest What caste I am. ~ Anti-caste literature from members of the outcastes and lower castes in Karnataka has a very long history. The phrase Dalit literature is often …
हम सबके लिए बाबासाहेब
Essay 2. ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me’ Ravindra Kumar Goliya आप सभी को बाबासाहब की १२५वीं जयंती की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं| आप सब से मैं पूछना चाहता हूँ कि हम बाबासाहब की जयंती क्यों मनाते हैं? क्या सिर्फ उन्हें याद करने के लिए? क्या सिर्फ यह याद कर लेने से काम चल जायेगा कि बाबासाहब …
World Record Painting Event: For 125th Birth Anniversary of Babasaheb
[Via Tejaswi Dantuluri] Disha Science Center, Tellapur in association with Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Hyderabad (ICCR) and J.W.C.S,Telangana Govt. is organizing a world record painting event observing 125th Birth Anniversary of Bharath Ratna, Dr B R Ambedkar at ICCR Art Gallery, Ravindra Bharathi on 10 April 4, 2016 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 …
‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means To Me’: Call for articles
Round Table India Celebrating Babasaheb’s life and achievements needs no particular occasion, he has emerged as a consciousness, a moral anchor for the masses. A musical tradition of rendering his life events from birth onwards, winding through Mahad, Poona Pact, Kalaram Mandir, Round Table conferences, the constitution itself, the conversion and his death was …
#Occupy UGC to discuss Annihilation of Caste
#Occupy UGC – Day 21 – 10th November 2015 Irrespective of day or night we are continuing our occupation at UGC against the UGCs decision of scrapping Non-Net Fellowships and the larger plan of government to sell off education sector to the WTO-GATS. While some of us continue to sit at UGC, many others …
From Victimhood to Power: Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra at Hyderabad
Pradnya Jadhav Dalit women’s battle to survive with dignity and security is extremely challenging. Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra has been initiated by All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) as an attempt to bring to the notice the realities of Dalit women; it is a quest for justice. It is a broad set of …