Dewaji: Making of an Ambedkarite Family

by Dipankar Kamble

This is the small story of a vast family. This is a story of a man, trusted by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, who made anti-caste movement significant in Vidarbha, the man who was instrumental in making Buddhist conversion ceremony possible and successful in Chandrapur on October 16, 1956. This is the history the school, colleges and universities in India have never taught us and will probably never going to tell us.

87 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

Reviews

[Sanchita · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very interesting biography of an influential caste-oppressed family. This book has been written to challenge the narrative of victimhood that is often seen in books on this subject. Highly recommend as an addition to other Ambedkarite biographies, including We Also Made History by Pawar and Moon

[Divya · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

An account of an important Dalit figure (and their family), written fondly by his great grandson.

[Shilpa Rao · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author has made such an incredible moment in history do accessible through this book. This is such an important contribution to:
1. Understanding the Dalit movement in Vidarbha
2. The amount of influence Dr. Ambedkar had on the Mahar community and the influence of "Educate, Agitate, Organise"
3. Succumbed the history of India's first ever businesswoman
4. How the Dalit experience differs across different reasons and how Dr. Ambedkar worked towards uniting all Dalits
5. How upward social mobility did not affect caste bias/ caste-based discrimination
6. Gandhi took money from the untouchables to end untouchability.