We recently asked people on the social media that how did they first time learn about Babasaheb Ambedkar. This is the part-II on the series. You can read the first part from here – When and How Did You First Time Learn About Babasaheb Ambedkar? Let us know your story about how did you first time learn about Babasaheb Ambedkar?

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Well initially, I was in MP and yes I had to face casteism but I didn’t know anything at that time as I was small as I grew up to know and my dad also told me that we are Buddhists and then I read Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s books. Mostly a biography and Who were the Shudras etc. Well, so I got to know about his efforts from my family. – Parvani

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I didn’t have any bad experience because of my religion or caste. Maybe because I live in Mumbai but my Dad had gone through such situations and faced caste discrimination. He had told us how he was treated in society. He had to drink water without glass. How our farm produce was taken away by Jamindars. How upper caste community use to treat lower castes. Then I heard about slavery. After that, I started reading books on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. His hard work to our nation and countrymen is outstanding! — Shashil Kamble

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There is one photo frame of Babasaheb in my home.

One day out of curiosity I asked my grandfather that who is he and why this photo is inside in our home in parallel to the pictures of god and goddess then my Dada told me about Babasaheb Ambedkar n after that I searched for him and now for me, he is the God. — Tapan D. Adhikari

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I know about Baba Saheb Ambedkar from the age of 15 because every year we celebrate the program on Baba Saheb birth anniversary at our village. This time too, all of you invited guys! — Er Vijay Kumar

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My first book was a biography by L R Bali Sahib. I read it when I was in class 10th. After that, I’ve read numerous works by S L Virdi and Prof Gurnam Singh Mukstsar. Bhartiya Lok Neech Kiven Bane (How India’s Original Inhabitants Became Lower), is one book which had a very lasting impact on me. — Husan Lal Janagill

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I learned about Dr. Ambedkar from my parents in my high school but I was so ignorant about his writings. After Rohit Vemula incident things forced me to read his writings. The first book I read was “Who were Shudras” and after that “Castes in India” and “Riddle’s in Hinduism”. These books changed the perception of seeing the society. When I finished reading these books, it was the totally different outlook of society me. I thank him for me to realizing the evilness of Brahmanism. — Anudeep LK

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I first learned about Babasaheb in school, when we had a poem about the caste discrimination he had to face as a child. I became intrigued by the sort of discrimination he had to face because as a Christian living and studying among a community of Brahmins at that time, I too was looked down upon for eating meat and for observing Christian traditions. Later, during high school, I was given a copy of Annihilation of Caste and that changed my life. I started seeing society through the lens of the caste hierarchy and that made me understand institutional discrimination of Dalits, Adivasis, minorities and women in a new, radical way. Ambedkar has since been a guiding light to my world view and my way of life. He has been an inspiration to me. — Derek Francis

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Just a few years ago, while preparing for Civil Services Exam in 2012, I looked into history and a different angle came picture and came to know about Babasaheb.  I read about Poona pact in detail. — Sathish Am

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Dr. Ambedkar is like a family member, our discussions starts and ends with him. Many people started social work, taking inspiration from my father. People call my father by names; refuse to give him Ambedkar Jayanti donation but my father never bothers. At the age of 82 people from our community look at him for Jayanti celebration. It keeps him young at this age, and he never feels bad about anyone. So, I came to know about Babasaheb Ambedkar from my father. — Kulvinder Suman

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My dad bought a book which was collections of articles written by Babasaheb in “Bahishkrut Bharat”. — Bharat Jawale

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At an early age, maybe when I was in 6th or 7th grade, my father was a regular reader of magazines like ‘Begampura’ and some others magazines related to ‘BAMCEF’. Every now and then, I would read them too. But one day he brought the famous book written by Prof. Gurnam Singh Muktsar, ‘BHARTI LOK NEECH KIWE BNE”. I read the whole book in about two sittings and since then, I have never looked back. — Randeep Singh

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Being a kid raised in a Mahar family, I first learned about Babasaheb through the stories told by my mother. – Jatin Kamble

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