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On 17^th May 2017, Shared Mirror publishing house released the second book, named What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me. It is a second book by the Shared Mirror publishing house, earlier in 2015, the group had published a much talked and successful book named “Hatred in the Belly”. Here are the more details from the Shared Mirror publishing house.

We are happy to announce the release of our new ebook What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me commemorating the 125th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar. The book can be freely downloaded.

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Celebrating Babasaheb’s life and achievements need 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 Mahaparinirvana was the foremost in the archiving of Babasaheb’s memory and multiple legacies. This people’s music, in turn, inspired artists, painters, writers and sculptors resulting in a vibrant visual rendering by people historians–men, women, young and old, who weave a tapestry of universal values of justice, equality, liberty and fraternity.

In a society that excludes at every turn, the excluded have claimed the public sphere with the physical shape of a bust or statue of Babasaheb. Can we even begin to fathom the processes that lead to seeing this physical manifestation of Babasaheb’s consciousness at narrow street corners and busy market places.

On his 125th birth anniversary, in the act of remembering Babasaheb Ambedkar, The Shared Mirror invited young writers to send in articles on the theme of ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me’.

How do we embrace our roles in annihilating caste to create the foundation of a humane society? How do we celebrate his legacy and join his followers as workers laboring for an equal world?

The collection of essays in this book captures the writers’ thinking on visions for a better and just world through their engagement with Babasaheb Ambedkar. As an eminent writer, thinker, statesman and a formidable symbol of resistance, he occupies a position of highest integrity. It is a book that will make readers think with the writers: Is Ambedkar an idea or an ideal? Is he a path or a journey? The readers get to engage in the dynamic process of viewing personal struggles alongside a benchmark of lofty human values, seen and understood through his incorruptible persona in life, words and accomplishments.