For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Rahul Sonpimple The post-Ambedkar Dalit discourse can be broadly outlined through three key developments in the Dalit movement: 1) the struggle for constitutional rights, 2) the mission for political autonomy, and 3) the quest for alternative culture through Ambedkar’s Buddhism. While mainstream Dalit politics has largely remained fragmented, there is noticeable strengthening in both non-political …
Paras Kumar On the 5th of October, Rajendra Pal Gautam, the minister of social welfare in the NCT Delhi Government, attended the Buddha Dhamma Deeksha Samaroh event, which was organised by Mission Jai Bhim and the Buddhist Society of India on the occasion of Ashoka Vijaya Dashmi, at which hundreds of Dalits embraced Buddhism. Gautam …
Ankush Uttam Helode “Unfortunately, I was born a Hindu untouchable but I will not die a Hindu” (DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR: WRITINGS AND SPEECHES, Vol-3,pg98) With a view to reviewing the political and social situation in the light of his ten-year-old relentless social struggle, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar decided to hold a conference of the Depressed …