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Dr Savita Bhimrao Ambedkar – for whom nothing mattered more than Ambedkar

The mention of Dr Ambedkar’s second wife tends to make Ambedkarites uncomfortable. But has anyone stopped to consider how progressive this scholarly Brahmin doctor must have been to leave everything that was hers to be the wife of a Dalit leader?

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The Case for Bahujan Literature

Mahishasur: A people’s hero

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Mahishasur: Mithak wa Paramparayen

The Common Man Speaks Out

Jati ke Prashn Par Kabir

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मोहनदास नैमिश्यराय

चर्चित दलित पत्रिका 'बयान’ के संपादक मोहनदास नैमिश्यराय की गिनती चोटी के दलित साहित्यकारों में होती है। उन्होंने कविता, कहानी और उपन्यास के अतिरिक्त अनेक आलोचना पुस्तकें भी लिखी।

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