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 …

‘Bhagwan Das: In Pursuit of Ambedkar’, produced by Navayana, scripted and directed by S. Anand, photographed by Anshul Uniyal and edited by Shikha Sen has been selected for screening in the competitive section of Film South Asia 2009, the seventh edition of the biennial festival of Southasian documentaries in Kathmandu (17 to 20 September). According to the organisers, there were 320 entries, of which only 36 were selected for screening. And the Navayana film on Bhagwan Das is one among them.
The hour-long film charts the life and work of Bhagwan …

Bhagwan Das: In Pursuit of Ambedkar from Navayana on Vimeo.
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.