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We look at B.R. Ambedkar’s life and his contributions on the occasion of his birth anniversary, celebrated all over the country as Ambedkar Jayanti #jaibhim . Today, Dalit scholar and Ambedkar’s grandson-in-law Anand Teltumbde and civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha were forced to surrender to the custody of the NIA after the... See more

How radical was Ambedkar? Thanks to @penguinindia for the footage! #ambedkar #brambedkar #dalit #india

The International Buddhist Conference held in 1954, in Rangoon, Burma, witnessed Dr. B.R. Ambedkar presenting a comprehensive vision for the revival of Buddhism in India. In the form of a memorandum, Dr. Ambedkar outlined key steps that he believed were crucial for the successful propagation and sustenance of Buddhism in the... See more

The Dalit Panther Movement (DPM)... Educated youth from Mumbai, India started the Dalit Panther Movement (DPM) in June 1972, inspired by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar and the U.S. Black Panthers.  Dalits (“downtrodden”) are the lowest “untouchable” caste in Hinduism.  Hinduism views Dalits as sinners in their prior... See more

On 14 October 1956, BR Ambedkar quit Hindusim to embrace Buddhism with 3,65,000 of his followers in Nagpur. The great conversion, or Dharma Diksha, took place on October 14, the date associated with Emperor Ashoka’s conversion to Buddhism (he reigned from 272 to 236 B.C.E.), in the central Indian city of Nagpur, also... See more

#Thread I have seen the response of a few Ambedkarite-Buddhist friends on my recent social media posts on Buddhism, internal inequality among Bahujans, and so on. 1/n

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar on why Savarnas need to reform their communities first. "The Hindu has never realised this responsibility of justifying his treatment of the Untouchables. The responsibility of the Hindus is much greater because there is no plausible explanation he can offer in justification of untouchability. He... See more