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Budh Sharan Hans: ‘Had OBC leaders stood with Ambedkar, India would be different today’
Budh Sharan Hans is counted among the leading Dalitbahujan thinkers. He tells Arun Narayan that it was the OBC leaders’ indifference to Ambedkar adopting Buddhism that turned their communities into the biggest advocates of Brahmanism
Born in Tilora village in the Wazirganj area of Gaya district of Bihar on 8 April 1942, Budh Sharan Hans belongs to the rare breed of writers who practise what they preach. He has used his short stories, poems, biographies, autobiography and his skills as an editor and publisher to telling effect for spreading the ideology of Phule and Ambedkar. He has so far published four collections of short stories, five volumes of his autobiography, an anthology of poems and dozens of booklets targeting religious status quoism. He has been publishing a magazine titled Ambedkar Mission for years and also runs a publishing house of the same name. From 1969 to 2000, he was
Even the nights after her death
(translated from Alok Dhanwa’s poem “Bhagee Huyee Ladkiyan”)
These lines by Alok Dhanwa are a merciless attack on the patriarchal grip on the institution of marriage in our society.
Solemn desires articulated through literature and art are considered immortal but do they have any impact on society? I am not aware of any research on how literature has influenced society in the Hindi belt. But what I know is that there are some individuals who not only take the written word seriously but also have the courage of translating it into action.
‘Intellectual’ wedding ceremony
Jagdeo Prasad refused to be a political instrument of the upper castes
Jagdeo Prasad devoted his entire life to the service of the Bahujans and paid with his life. In a conversation with Upendra Pathik, his brother Virendra Prasad recalls his simple life, his struggle and his sacrifices
Special on the birth anniversary of Jagdeo Prasad (2 February 1922 – 5 September 1974)
Jagdeo Prasad (2 February 1922 – 5 September 1974) is counted among leaders who turned the issues of the poor and the deprived into the fulcrum of politics, especially in North India. He was often described as the Lenin of Bihar. Taking Ram Manohar Lohia’s slogan of “Picchda pave sau mein aath” (The backwards are entitled to 80 per cent) a step further, Jagdeo Prasad talked of “Nabbe banam das” (90 versus 10).
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