B. R. Ambedkar and the Dalit Quest for Dignity
On the seventieth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s mass conversion, a scholar reflects on the history and legacy of the Dalit Buddhist movement.
Santosh Raut, PhD
Santosh Raut, PhD (also known as Maitriveer-Nagarjuna), hails from Maharashtra, the heartland of the Ambedkarite Buddhist movement. Both a dhamma teacher and a scholar of Buddhist aesthetics and philosophy, he has long been a thought leader and organizer within broader Asian networks of engaged Buddhism. Following his doctoral studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Maitriveer joined the EFL University in Hyderabad as an assistant professor. He combines this work with his role as the deputy chairman of Nagarjuna Training Institute and the cofounder of the Babasaheb Ambedkar Philosophical Society at Nagaloka in Nagpur.
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