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Change the name of Marathwada University in Aurangabad, India to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar University. It was a simple demand, but the reaction from opponents was immediate and violent. Facing this violence, interviewees waged their campaign for sixteen years, from 1978 to 1994. Their stories tell us about the changes in caste, class, and gender in the 1980s that led to the India of today.
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As one of Nanded's leading Dalit Panthers, Tulasabai Shankarrao Sonwane brought hundreds of women, including her daughter, Mala Siddharth Pradhan, to protests in Mumbai and Delhi for the Namantar Andolan. But organizing a working class, Dalit protest had risks: how do you provide clean food and shelter on minimal resources? What happens if the poli…
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Taibai Mawade's husband, Janardhan Mawade, was killed by upper-caste men during the 1978 violence in Marathwada. Taibai survived and joined the Namantar Movement, to fight for and win the university renaming that had sparked the violence. After the white supremacist terrorism that occurred in my hometown, Charlottesville, Virginia, Taibai's story i…
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Why are people willing to sacrifice themselves and their families for social movements? How did the naming of a university lead to violence and ignite a sixteen year movement? Emily Hays and guest host, Tommy Tang, take a step back to introduce the Namantar Andolan, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, caste, and the stories of the series, in under ten minutes!…
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In an age of rising white and Hindu nationalism, it seems like politics is all about asmita, or identity. How did we get here, and what does the term "identity politics" really mean? Emily Hays and guest host, Monika Khobragade, look at how changes in politics in the late 1970s sparked the Namantar Andolan. Starring interviews with Jamnabai Appa Ga…
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