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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

Dalit Panthers: An Authoritative History

Mahishasur: Mithak wa Paramparayen

The Common Man Speaks Out

Jati ke Prashn Par Kabir

लेखक के बारे में

मोहनदास नैमिशराय

चर्चित दलित पत्रिका 'बयान’ के संपादक मोहनदास नैमिशराय 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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