In Pursuit of Ambedkar
Bhagwan Das
Paperback   7.5″ x 7.5″   86 pages  (with DVD of documentary feature) Rs 175
ISBN 9788189059057
1943, Shimla. Bhagwan Das, all of 16 and a keen member of the Scheduled Caste Federation, waited seven hours to meet the man his father called ‘Ummeedkar’, the Harbinger of Hope-Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. That meeting defined the trajectory Das’ life would later take in his single-minded pursuit of Babasaheb’s ideals. After serving in the Royal Indian Air Force as a radar operator during World War II, Das worked with Ambedkar …

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Watch a teaser of the Navayana-produced documentary film Bhagwan Das: In Pursuit of Ambedkar. The hour-long film chronicles the life and work of Bhagwan Das, 82, who worked as a research associate with Dr B.R. Ambedkar in 1955-56, and compiled, produced and edited the four-volume Thus Spoke Ambedkar between 1963 and 1980. For a copy of the complete film, contact us.

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The Times of India interviews Bhagwan Das, lawyer and research associate of Dr B.R. Ambedkar in 1955-56,  on meeting Babasaheb, dalit politics and reservations. Read the complete talk here.
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-Navayana is reissuing the four-volume ‘Thus Spoke Ambedkar’, a collection of Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s writings and speeches that Das compiled between 1963 and 1980. The box set also includes an hour-long documentary film ‘Bhagwan Das: In Pursuit of Ambedkar’, a teaser for which can be watched here.