

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and the Untouchables Movement. In ‘Mahad: The March That’s Launched Every Day’, Bojja Tharakam has compared Mahad and. Proceedings in the Indian History Congress, 722-728 Mahad Chawadar Tank Satyagraha of 1927: Beginning of Dalit Liberation under B. (Routledge, 2016), Mahad: Making of the First Dalit Revolt (Aakar, 2016), Persistence of Caste (Zed Books, 2010) Khairlanji: A. New Delhi: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches (Vols. Political Philosophy of Ambedkar: An Enquiry into the Theoretical Foundations of the Dalit Movement. Even more than the content or literary merit, Tharakam’s poems stand tall for the history of resistance against oppression they narrate. Gandhi and the Emancipation of the Untouchables. Santhi Swaroop Sirapangi: Swaroop Sirapangi is a PhD scholar at the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Telangana.Īloysius, G. By touching upon the broad themes explored in the work the book review draws attention to the methods deployed by Tharakam to bring to light a much neglected yet immensely significant event in the history of the Indian subcontinent. In this work, Tharakam has compared Ambedkar’s Mahad march with Gandhi’s Dandi march. Two Variant Conceptions of ‘Satyagraha’: Ambedkar’s Mahad & Gandhi’s Dandi SatyagrahasĪbstract: This book review draws attention to Bojja Tharakam’s posthumously published work, ‘Mahad: The March That’s Launched Every Day’.
