Dear reader,
First of all, my sincere apologies for not writing to you for the last three months. Things have been difficult, for all of us. I hope you, your family members, friends and acquaintances are keeping well. And I hope we soon manage to get past this never-ending pandemic.
I had told you that we are working towards getting the Satyashodhak registered as a non-profit. However, that has been stalled due to a small bureaucratic hurdle. I will update you once there is a progress. Now, without further adieu, let’s get to the round-up of articles.
You don’t wanna miss
‘The story of Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din needs to be told to everyone’
Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din is an important day for the followers of Dr B R Ambedkar. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism with thousands of his followers in Nagpur in 1956. A documentary that revisits that event and the memories associated with it was released last year. We spoke with the people behind this documentary, who shared their experiences of working on this documentary as well as their insights on documentary-making in India.
Do also read
Panthers are back in the assembly
In case you missed
Bandhu Madhav: The Primogenitor of Dalit Literature
The Marathi writer Bandhu Madhav is known for his story collection Aamhihi Manasa Aahot (We too are humans), published in 1981. This Marathi book had two introductory essays, one of which, written by Arun Kamble, was translated by Sirus J Libeiro for the Satyashodhak. This essay puts Madhav’s writing in the broader context of Dalit literature in Marathi and offers some insightful comments.
I do not have any recommendations for this edition because I have mostly been reading only about the pandemic. However, I will take this opportunity to plug two articles that I wrote recently: one on the 50% ceiling imposed by the Supreme Court on reservation quota and another on the recent judgment by the court regarding OBC lists.
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With love,
Tejas Harad
(Editor)