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Dalit History Month – Remembering Mukta Salve, First Dalit Woman Writer
Today in Dalit History Month we celebrate a Dalit Feminist icon Mukta Salve (also referred to as Muktabai) who was born in a Mang community. She was the granddaughter of Krantiveer Lahuji Salve, a …
Dalit History Month – Remembering Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din
Today in Dalit History Month we remember Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din.
On 14th October 1956, in one of the most towering acts of community protest, healing and self-respect, Babasaheb Ambedkar co…
Exhibits at the Anti-Caste Photo Exhibition in Germany
On occasion of the 126th Birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, students and research fellows from the Centre for Modern Indian Studies at the University of Goettingen organised an anti-caste pho…
Best Photos From Dr Ambedkar Jayanti
These are a few photos/images/posters which caught our attention on social media. We think these are the best pictures in circulation on the 126th birth anniversary, Dr Ambedkar Jayanti 2017, the c…
Dalit History Month – Happy Dr Ambedkar Jayanti To All
Dalit History today is honoured to write a post on our dear Babasaheb on this special day and wishes everyone happy Dr Ambedkar Jayanti to everyone. While to the most of the world, Dr B. R Ambedkar…
Dravidians and Nagas Are One And The Same People – Dr Ambedkar
Who are the Dravidians? Are they different from the Nagas? Or are they two different names for a people of the same race? It is a fact that the term Dravidians and Nagas are merely two different na…
What Does Babasaheb Ambedkar Mean To You?
We asked on the social media what does Babasaheb Ambedkar mean to different people. Here are a few of the replies from the various people on what does Babasaheb Ambedkar mean to them. This post is …
How First Time I Learnt About Babasaheb Ambedkar
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…
Dalit History Month – Manusmriti Dahan Din
“But a Shudra, whether bought or not bought (by the Brahmin) may be compelled to practice servitude, for that Shudra was created by the self-existent merely for the service of the Brahmin. Even if …
When and How Did You First Time Learn About Babasaheb Ambedkar?
We asked our followers on social media that when and how did they first time learn about Babasaheb Ambedkar. Here are a few of the replies. We will write another post soon if we will get more repli…
Twitter Launched Dr Ambedkar Emoji on Dr Ambedkar Jayanti
The following article was written in 2017, this year (2020) apart from hashtag #DalitLivesMatter, rest of the hashtags will activate Babasaheb Ambedkar emoji on Twitter. – editor
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Dalit History Month – Grace Banu
Today in Dalit History, we uplift the voice of Grace Banu. Grace was born in Tamil Nadu into a Dalit family. Very early on, in school, she was not allowed to attend the regular hours of 9.30am to 4…
To Jyotiba, Savitribai Phule’s Love Letters
To Jyotiba, From Savitribai Phule’s Love Letters
Savitribai Phule, arguably India’s first woman teacher and a forgotten liberator, was born on January 3, 1831. With the first school for girls fr…
दलित इतिहास महीना – ज्योतिराव फुले को याद करते हुए
आज का दलित इतिहास माह Dalit History पोस्ट हम महात्मा ज्योतिराव फुले जी को उनके जन्मदिन पर समर्पित करते हैं – जो की उनीसवीं सदी के महान कार्यकर्ता, बुद्धजीवी, तथा सामाजिक क्रन्तिकारी थे. हालांकि वे …
Jotirao Phule on Beef Eating Brahmins – From His Gulamgiri Book
Jotirao : The Brahmins were created from the mouth of Brahma, (according to Manu). Then why is Manu silent about the creation of the original mother of the Brahmins? From which limb of Brahma was s…