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On the occasion of “Buddha Jayanti-2022”, a book titled “Social Philosophy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar” written by Dr. Desh Raj, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy released by Dr. Abha Sudarshan, Principal, Post Graduate Govt. College, Sector-46, Chandigarh held on 16th May, 2022. She said that Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is known as the father of the Indian Constitution and his wrote a famous book “The Buddha and his Dhamma” in his later years of life. This is a true tribute to this great leader to publish his ideas and propagate his ideals. This book includes chapter on introduction of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, his social and educational philosophy, his views on casteism and human rights and the conflict between Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi. This book also includes the active contribution of Dr. Desh Raj in the field of Ambedkarism, human rights and women studies from 2006 to 2021. Dr. Rajesh Kumar (Dean), Dr. Baljit Singh (Vice-Principal) and other faculty members Dr. Pooja Garg (Registrar, Examinations), Ms.  Jyoti (Department of Political Science), Dr. Siddhartha Kumar (Department of Punjabi) also present there.

State has a fundamental role to play to construct a just society. It is the duty of the state to secure a social order in which the legal system of the nation promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunity and ensures that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities. All humans are equal by birth but few people constructed caste system based on occupations which contributed to the evil practice of untouchability. Certain sections of the society were denied access to their natural resources and denied the right of livelihood. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s just society is based on three fundamental principles of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. In this presentation we will discuss the concept of social justice as propagated by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

Note: Presented in Philosophy Family (A Self-organized Educational Group for Students and Faculties Welfare) Webinars “Contemporary Indian Philosophy Session (Month of November and December, 2020)” on 27th December, 2020.

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The Dalit Movement in North India: Theory , Praxis and Challenges

Date:
26-Nov-2018 to 28-Nov-2018
  1. प्रस्तावित संगोष्ठी का शार्षक :

उत्तर भारत में दलित आंदोलन : सिद्धांत, व्यवहार एवं चुनौतियां

  1. प्रस्तावित संगोष्ठी की संकल्पना

भारत में दलित आंदोलन की अवधारणा का आरम्भ गुलामी से मुक्ति की आंकाक्षाओं से हुआ है। इस संदर्भ में दलित आंदोलन ने न केवल दलित मुक्ति का प्रस्ताव रखा बल्कि उत्पीड़न और दलन की पीड़ा के शिकार आमजनों की मुक्ति की राह भी खोली है। राजनैतिक चेतना के उद्भव से पहले भारत में इस मुक्ति संघर्ष की परंपरा सामाजिक और सांस्कृतिक आंदोलनों के रूप में ही दिखाई देती है। लेकिन दलित मुक्ति के साथ-साथ व्यापक सामाजिक मुक्ति के लिए राजनीतिक चेतना का उद्भव आधुनिक भारत में ही संभव हुआ। यह दलित राजनीतिक चेतना जहाँ एक तरफ इतिहास और संस्कृति से निकली है वहीं यह हमारे समय के सामान्य नजरिये से ऊर्जा ग्रहण करती है। इसे हम बाबासाहेब डॉ.अम्बेडकर के लेखन और उनकी राजनीति में देख सकते हैं।

ब्रिटिश राज के विरूद्व भारतीय स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन के दौरान आज़ाद भारत में किसको कितनी आजादी मिली थी- के मुद्दों पर चल रही बहसों ने आधुनिक दलित आंदोलन की पृष्ठभूमि तैयार की जो वास्तव में कई विभिन्न आंदोलनों का समुच्चय है। जहाँ गाँधीवादी संघर्षां द्वारा दलितों की समस्याओं को सिर्फ समाज सुधार और कल्याण कार्यक्रमों तक सीमित रखा गया वहीं मार्क्सवादी विद्वानों ने अपने आपको वर्ग के प्रश्न तक सीमित रखा। इस सबके बीच, राष्ट्र और वर्ग से निकलकर दलित आंदोलन ने जाति आधारित अधीनस्थीकरण के बजाय अपने को मुक्ति के प्रश्न से जोड़ा। उत्तर औपनिवेशिक युग मेंं इस पर काफी जोर दिया जा रहा है। वास्तव में दलित आंदोलन सत्ता हथियाने, किसी प्रांत पर कब्जा करने या किसी राज्य के विस्तार का आंदोलन नहीं है। यह दलित समाज द्वारा अपनी गरिमा की रक्षा, सामाजिक शोषण और उत्पीड़न से छुटकारा पाने का आंदोलन है।

इस सबके बावजूद, राष्ट्रवादी एवं मार्क्सवादी नजरिये से प्रभावित मुख्यधारा की अकादमिक चिंताओं में दलित प्रश्न पर ध्यान नहीं दिया गया। मसलन, इतिहास को लीजिए। औपनिवेशिक इतिहास ने भारतीय समाज को अपरिवर्तनशील और रूढ़ समाज के रूप में चित्रित किया। इस प्रकार के इतिहास ने निम्नवर्गीय लोगों के संघर्ष एवं उनके आंदोलन को नगण्य माना एवं उनकी अवहेलना की और उसे एकीकृत राष्ट्र की कहानी में समाहित कर दिया। मार्क्सवादी इतिहास ने वर्ग को अपनी विश्लेषण की प्राथमिक इकाई माना है और इस तरह जाति का प्रश्न मार्क्सवादियो के लिए द्वितीयक ही रहा, जबकि जाति भारतीय समाज की एक विशेष प्रकार की वास्तविकता है। इसी प्रकार समाज विज्ञानों ने दलित प्रश्न को महत्त्व नहीं दिया।

दलित आंदोलनों ने इन विचारधाराओं द्वारा निर्मित कई मिथकों और शक्ति-संरचनाओं को तोड़ा है, जिससे वे इतने गहरे ढंग से जुड़े हैं कि उनकी उपस्थिति को सभी मान्यता दे रहे हैं। दलित आंदोलनों ने अपने संघर्षों के माध्यम से जाति आधारित शोषण को चुनौती दी है। दलितों के संघर्ष ने उन्हें मुख्यधारा के राजनीतिक शक्ति संरचना तंत्र में राह बनाने की ओर अग्रसर कर दिया है। उन्होंने परंपरागत शासक वर्गों पर सफलतापूर्वक दबाव भी बनाया है। इस कारण से, इन आंदोलनों और संघर्षां ने एकेडमिक क्षेत्र के बुद्धिजीवियों के एक हिस्से को इसके अध्ययन व समीक्षा हेतु बाध्य किया है। मुख्य रूप से दलित संघर्षां को केंद्र में रखने वाले दलित विमर्श ने समाज विज्ञान और मानविकी के सभी विषयों को प्रभावित किया है।

और बिल्कुल इसी समय, एक नवीन प्रकार की विद्वत्ता ने यह भी रेखांकित किया है कि पर्याप्त प्रगति के बावजूद दलित मुख्यधारा की राजनीति में दवाब समूह बनकर रह गए हैं। आमूलचूल सामाजिक परिवर्तन की धार कुंद पड़ती जा रही है। आज एक तरफ तो दलित आंदोलन में आंतरिक तनाव हैं तो दूसरी तरफ बाहरी चुनौतियाँ भी हैं। अन्य समस्याओं के साथ समाज में जाति को ज्यादा महत्व मिलना, लोकतांत्रिक और राज्य निर्देशित नीतियों की समस्या और वैश्वीकरण पूरे परिदृश्य को और भी जटिल बना रहे हैं। उत्तर अम्बेडकरवादी समकालीन दलित आंदोलन आगे तो गया है लेकिन वह नवीन दुविधाओं में फँस गया है।

इस परिप्रेक्ष्य में प्रस्तावित संगोष्ठी दलित आंदोलन से संबंधित नवीन शोधों और विचारों को एक साथ लाने का प्रयास है जिससे इसकी प्रकृति और व्यवहार, सफलताओं, दिक्कतों और चुनौतियों के बारे में बात की जा सके। विषय के विस्तार को देखते हुए इस

संगोष्ठी ने अपने आपको उत्तर भारत के दलित आंदोलन तक सीमित रखा है। लेकिन इसका आशय नहीं है कि इसने देश के दूसरे हिस्सों से इसके संबध को भुला दिया है।

निम्नलिखित प्रश्न एक दूसरे से संबद्ध हैं, इन उपविषयों के अंतर्गत संभावित शोधपत्र हो सकते हैं :

> दलित आंदोलनों से हम क्या समझ सकते है?

> उत्तर भारत में दलित आंदोलन का अब तक का क्या इतिहास रहा है?

> यह आंदोलन किन सिद्धांतों/विचारधाराओं/दृष्टिकोणों पर आधारित रहे हैं और इन्होंने दलित आंदोलन को कैसे रूप दिया और उसे आगे बढ़ाया है?

> उनका वास्तविक अनुभव क्या रहा है?

> उन्होंने किन समस्याओं का सामना किया है और उससे किस प्रकार मोलभाव किया है? और इससे उन्हें किस प्रकार की सफलताएँ मिली हैं?

> मुख्यधारा की राजनीति से दलित आंदोलन और दलित प्रश्न का संबंध कैसा रहा है?

> दलित आंदोलन की विविधता का क्या अर्थ और परिणाम रहा है?

> इतिहास और अस्मिता, सामाजिक परिवर्तन, लोकतंत्र और नागरिकता, राष्ट्र और राज्य, उदारीकरण और सांप्रदायिकता के मुद्दों से यह आंदोलन कैसे निपटते हैं?

> समकालीन दलित आंदोलन के विरोधाभास क्या हैं?

> उत्तर भारत के दलित आंदोलन को देश के अन्य भागों के दलित आंदोलन के साथ हम ठीक-ठीक कहाँ रख सकते हैं?

> जेंडर, वर्ग, अन्य पिछड़े वर्गां और आदिवासी जनों के प्रश्नों के साथ यह कैसे व्यवहार करता है?

> दलित प्रश्न और आंदोलन से समाज विज्ञान किस सीमा तक और किस तरीके से निपटता है?

> दलित अध्ययनों द्वारा किए गए हस्तक्षेप की प्रकृति क्या रही है? क्या इसे अपने आप में एक आंदोलन कहा जा सकता है?

> दलित प्रश्न और आंदोलनों को सांस्कृतिक व्यवहारों में किस प्रकार प्रस्तुत किया गया है?

उपर्युक्त उप विषयों पर शोधपत्र आमंत्रित किए जाते हैं। फौरी तौर पर इस गोष्ठी की संरचना और सत्रों के बारे में नीचे लिखा जा रहा है जिसे ध्यान में रखकर और पहले दिए गए प्रश्नों के आलोक में अपना शोधपत्र आगे बढ़ाएं।

उत्तर भारत के संदर्भ में

> दलित आंदोलनों का अध्ययन

> दलित आंदोलनों का इतिहास

> दलित आंदोलन में, और दलित आंदोलन का विचार

> दलित आंदोलन का व्यवहार, अनुभव और उसका प्रभाव

> दलित आंदोलनों की समस्याएँ, चुनौतियाँ और संभावनाएँ

> दलित आंदोलन में जेंडर, वर्ग, अन्य पिछड़े वर्गां और आदिवासी जनों के प्रश्न

> संस्कृति में दलित आंदोलन

> दलित आंदोलनों का देश के अन्य हिस्सों के आंदोलनों से संबंध और तुलनाएँ

तिथि : 26 से 28 नवम्बर 2018

स्थानः भारतीय उच्च अध्ययन संस्थान, शिमला

इस सगोष्ठी में सीमित संख्या में प्रतिभागियों को आमंत्रित किया जाएगा। इच्छुक प्रतिभागी अपने प्रस्तावित शोध पत्र के 500 शब्दों के शोध-सारांश और अपने आत्म-वृत्त को नीचे दिए गए ईमेल पर दिनांक 20 अक्टूबर 2018 तक भेज दें।

Dr. Ajay Kumar

Fellow

Indian Institute of Advanced Study

Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla – 171005.

Mobile : 09415159762 E-mail: iiasajayk@gmail.com

Ms. Ritika Sharma

Academic Resource Officer

Indian Institute of Advanced Study

Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla- 171005

Tel: 0177-2831385; +91-9044827297 (Mobile) Email: aro@iias.ac.in

चयनित प्रतिभागियों को संस्थान दिनांक 25 अक्टूबर 2018 तक आमंत्रण पत्र भेजेगा। यह संस्थान की नीति है कि वह सेमिनार की प्रोसीडिंग्स के बजाय शोधपत्र प्रकाशित करता है। इसलिए सभी आमंत्रित प्रतिभागियों से आशा की जाती है कि वे अपने पूर्ण, अप्रकाशित और मौलिक शोधपत्र संदर्भ सहित भारतीय उच्च अध्ययन संस्थान के अकादमिक संस्रोत अधिकारी को 20 नवम्बर 2018 तक भेज देंगे।

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सेमिनार की अवधि में भारतीय उच्च अध्ययन संस्थान प्रतिभागियों के ठहरने की व्यवस्था करेगा और वह भारत में आगमन के स्थान से लेकर शिमला तक वायुयान या रेल से आने-जाने का यात्रा व्यय भी अदा करेगा।

National Seminar 

on 

The Dalit Movement in North India: Theory, Praxis and Challenges 

at 

Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla 

 

(26-28 November, 2018) 

(Tentative) 

 

 

Concept Note 

 

The Dalit Movement in India has grown from the desire for freedom from subjugation. In this context, the Dalit Movement has not only proposed Dalitemancipation but also, by implication, the liberation of all people suffering from oppression and repression in general. Before the rise of Dalit political consciousness in the modern era, this tradition of resistance, which was very old, was present only in what we narrowly understand as social and cultural movements of the past.While Dalit political consciousness in the modern period has acquired traction from the general mood of our age, it has centrally drawn from that history and culture. We can see this in the writings and politics of Baba Saheb Dr.Ambedkar 

During the anti-imperial movement against the British rule, the discourses on the issue of ‘Who will get what freedom in free India?’ prepared the background for the modern Dalit movement, which is in fact a collection of many diverse movements. Where as the Gandhian struggle limited itself toquestions of social reform and welfare programs in relation to the Dalits, the Marxists were primarily interested in questions of class. The Dalitmovement instead shifted attention to emancipation from caste-based subjugation, beyond the optic of nation and class. In the post-colonial period, this has continued to be its thrust. The Dalit movement is not a movement to capture power, to capture a province or to expand a state. This movement is a movement for dignity and against social exploitation and oppression. 

Overall, mainstream academic concerns, due to the persistent influence of Nationalist and Marxist visions, have shown considerable indifference to the Dalit question.For example, take the case of History. Colonial history had portrayed Indian society as an unchangeable and static society. This type of history had not taken into account the struggle of the subaltern castes over the long past of the sub-continent.In response, nationalist history folded the memory of subaltern caste resistance into the story of the nation. Marxist history takes class and not caste as its primary unit of analysis, thus the question of caste is always secondary even though caste is a specific reality of Indian society. Similarly inclined, the Social Sciences as a whole have not quite given the Dalit question its due. 

Yet the Dalit Movement has broken many myths created by these ideologies and the power-structures to which they are connected to the extent that everyone now recognizes its critical presence. Dalit struggles have paved the way for the entry of the Dalits into mainstream political power structures. They have successfully created pressure on the traditional ruling classes. For this reason, these movements have forced a section of intellectuals in the academic field to acknowledge and hence study and review their struggles and movements. Dalit Studies, which is centrally concerned with Dalitstruggles, has impacted all disciplines in the Social Sciences and Humanities. 

At the same time, new scholarship has also noted that despite advances, the Dalits have been limited to being a pressure group in mainstream politics. The revolutionary edge of the campaign for social change is gradually becoming blunt. The Dalit Movement is today riven by internal tension on the one hand and beset by external challenges on the other.The continuing purchase of caste in society, the problems of democratic and state policy and globalization, among other things, are complicating the picture. Post Ambedkar, the contemporary Dalit movement has made strides but is also bogged down by new dilemmas. 

This seminar is an attempt to bring together new research and thought on the Dalit Movement in this context to explore its nature and practices, successes, problems and challenges. Given the extensiveness of the subject, it limits itself to the study of Dalit Movement in North India, even though necessary and inevitable connections with other parts of the country may not be entirely forgotten. The following inter-connected question are central to this endeavour and can be considered as possible themes for papers: 

  • What may we understand by ‘Dalit Movement(s)’? 
  • What has been the history of Dalit Movements in North India so far? 
  • What principles/ideologies/visions have they been based on, shaped by and put forth? 
  • What has been their actual experience?  
  • What problems have they faced and negotiated, and what successes have they achieved? 
  • What has been the relationship between Dalit Movements and the Dalit question in mainstream politics? 
  • What has been the meaning and implication of diversity in Dalit Movements? 
  • How do these movements deal with the inter-related questions of history and identity, social change, democracy and citizenship, nation and state, liberalization, communalism? 
  • What are the contradictions in the contemporary Dalit Movement? 
  • How do we situate the Dalit Movement in North India in relation to other parts of the country? 
  • How has it dealt with questions of gender, class, OBCs and tribal people? 
  • To what extent, and in what ways, have the Social Sciences dealt with the Dalit question and movements? 
  • What has been the nature of the intervention of Dalit Studies? Can it be called a movement in itself? 
  • How have the Dalit question and movements been represented in cultural practices? 

All these questions will be the focal points in the discussions in the seminar.  

 

Papers are invited on the above themes. A tentative outline of the structure and constituent sessions of the seminar is as follows and applicants might keep this and the above given questions in mind when planning their papers: 

In the context of North India 

  • Studies of Dalit Movements  
  • History of the Dalit Movements 
  • Ideology in and of the Dalit Movement 
  • The Practice, Experience and Impact of the Dalit Movement 
  • The Problems, Challenges and Possibilities of the Dalit Movement 
  • The Questions of Gender, Class, OBCs and Tribal Peoples in the Dalit Movement in North India 
  • The Dalit Movement in North India in Culture 
  • Connections between and Comparisons of Dalit Movement in North India and other regions 

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Call for papers 

 

A limited number of participants will be invited for the Seminar. Those interested in participating should send (preferably by email) an abstract (500 words) of the proposed paper along with their C.V. to: 

 

  1. Dr. Ajay Kumar 

Fellow 

Indian Institute of Advanced Study 

Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla – 171005. 

Mobile : 09415159762 

E-mail: iiasajayk@gmail.com   

         

  1. Ms. Ritika Sharma  

Academic Resource Officer 

Indian Institute of Advanced Study 

Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla– 171005 

Tel: 0177-2831385; +91-9044827297 (Mobile) 

Email: aro@iias.ac.in 

 

The last date for submission of abstract is 20 October 2018 till 12:00 midnight.  The Institute intends to send Invitation letters to selected participants by25 October 2018. It is the policy of the Institute to publish the papers not proceedings of the seminars it organizes. Hence, all invited participants will be expected to submit complete papers (English or Hindi), hitherto unpublished and original, with citations in place, along with a reference section, to the Academic Resource Officer, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla–171005 by 20November, 2018.  

 

Style sheet for the submission of papers may be downloaded from the IIAS website http://www.iias.org/ content/shss. 

 

IIAS, Shimla, will be glad to extend its hospitality during the seminar period and is willing to reimburse, if required, rail or air travel expenses from the place of current residence in India, or the port of arrival in India, and back. 

Link:

http://www.iias.ac.in/event/dalit-movement-north-india-theory-praxis-and-challenges

Essays on Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (CSESCD/2017/1) Kindle Edition

The present book, “Essays on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar “is the third e-book of the Centre which includes five essays of the students who participated in National Level Essay Writing Competition on “Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: The Maker of Modern India” organized by the Centre for Positive Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies (CPPIS) held on 19th November, 2015 to commemorate “World Philosophy Day-2015” and “125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar”. These essays highlight writers’ thinking and need further improvement on the basis of ideas but it is very pleasant to know that young generation can also think in the line of philosophy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 1280.0 KB
  • Print Length: 40 pages
  • Publisher: Centre for Studies in Educational, Social and Cultural Development (CSESCD), Pehowa (Kurukshetra); 1 edition (14 December 2017)
  • Sold by: Amazon Asia-Pacific Holdings Private Limited
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0789P69K3

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Call for Papers

Milestone Education Review (The Journal of Ideas on Educational & Social Transformation) ISSN: 2278-2168

Special Issue on “Marx and Ambedkar for Indian Social Change”

Year 09, No. 01 (April, 2018)

Respected Faculty/Scholar/Professor,

Milestone Education Review (The Journal of Ideas on Educational & Social Transformation) is an online peer-reviewed bi-annual journal of Milestone Education Society (Regd.) Pehowa (Kurukshetra). For us education refers to any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individual. The role of education must be as an instrument of social change and social transformation. Social transformation refers to large scale of social change as in cultural reforms and transformations. The first occurs with the individual, the second with the social system. This journal offers an opportunity to all academicians including educationist, social-scientists, philosophers and social activities to share their views. Each issue contains about 100 pages.

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About Present Issue:

Karl Marx, in full Karl Heinrich Marx (born May 5, 1818, Trier and died March 14, 1883, London, England) was a philosopher, revolutionary, sociologist, historian, and economist. He published The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital, anticapitalist works that form the basis of Marxism. It was Capital’s 150th anniversary in autumn 2017, the 170th anniversary of the Communist Manifesto will be in February 2018, and it would have been Karl Marx’s 200th birthday in May 2018. The Communist Party of the Philippines calls on all Filipino workers to start a year-long commemoration and celebration of Marx’s 200th birthday on May 5, 2018. The whole revolutionary movement must salute Karl Marx’ and Marxism’s great role in history and in the continuing world struggle for the emancipation of the proletariat and the entire humanity. This celebration is of great relevance to the working class, from politics to philosophy to academics as Karl Marx made a lasting imprint on the face of history. The Centre has also an intention to commemorate the 200 years of Karl Marx by various activities including essay competition, seminar, special issues and books on this great thinker.

Karl Marx was the first thinker to draw sharp attention to the highly deleterious impact of caste on Indian society and its causal link with the relations of production. In his famous essay on “The Future Results of British Rule in India” Karl Marx characterized the Indian castes as “the most decisive impediment to India’s progress and power”. Marx clearly and causally connected the archaic social formation of caste in India with the relations of production. It followed logically that the abolition of the caste hierarchy and the oppression and exploitation of the ‘lower’ castes could not be separated from the Marxian form of class struggle. The adivasis or indigenous people of ancient India suffered more or less the same socioeconomic disabilities as the atisudras, and were virtually indistinguishable from the latter with regard to their status in relation to the socioeconomic structure of chaturvarnya. They were also both geographically isolated and socially marginalized, and relegated to the bottom of the socioeconomic pyramid. There is abundant evidence in the dharmasastras and Sanskrit literature to show that these indigenous people were also treated as untouchables. Ideologically, one can place Ambedkar in the leftist traditions, though not in its traditional forms. He was one of the few people in modern India who had developed a home-grown genre of Marxism and for Ambedkar this stood in comparison with the ideology of Buddhism – a peculiar, yet profound blend that is characteristic of an Indian philosopher. In his essay titled “Buddha or Karl Marx”, Ambedkar compared the common ideals of Buddha and Marx and submitted an ultimate analysis that socialism can only be sustained if it walks on the path lay out by the Buddha. According to him, Buddhism was “an ultimate aid to sustain Communism when force is withdrawn” and so he criticised Lenin because he failed to deliver ‘liberty and fraternity’ in the pursuit of equality. He declared that: “Equality will be of no value without fraternity or liberty. It seems that the three can coexist only if one follows the way of the Buddha. Communism can give one but not all.” It is indeed the contribution of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar that the commitment towards liberty, fraternity and equality through the means of non-violence and democracy, has become a central characteristic of our constitution. He categorically stated while addressing the constituent assembly (November 25, 1949) that, “Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy, which means, a way of life which recognize liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.” In this sense there will be a great need of study both revolutionary figures to study on the same platform and to their relevance in the Indian social change. This is a special call for papers for Milestone Education Review, Year 09, No. 01 (April, 2018) issue.

Last date for paper submission: 10th March, 2018 Format of Submission: The paper should be typewritten preferably in Times New Roman with 12 font size (English) and Kruti Dev (10) with 14 font size (Hindi) in MS-Word 2003 to 2010 and between 2500 to 3000 words. They should be typed on one side of the paper, double spaced with ample margins. The authors should submit the hard copy along with a CD and a copyright form to be sent to the editorial address. Originality of Work: Only papers which have not been published elsewhere will be considered. Proofs will be sent to the authors if there is sufficient time to do so. An undertaking via a “Forwarding Letter” be submitted alongwith the paper.

Reference Style: Notes and references should appear at the end of the research paper/chapter. Citations in the text and references must correspond to each other; do not over reference by giving the obvious/old classic studies or the irrelevant. CPPIS follows The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition. The Chicago Manual of Style presents two basic documentation systems: (1) notes and bibliography and (2) author-date. Choosing between the two often depends on subject matter and the nature of sources cited, as each system is favored by different groups of scholars. The notes and bibliography style is preferred by many in the humanities. The author-date system has long been used by those in the physical, natural, and social sciences. CPPIS follows the first system i.e. Notes and Bibliography. For detail information downloads our “CPPIS Manual for Contributors and Reviewers” from below given links:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/137190047/CPPIS-Manual-for-Contributors-Reviewershttps://www.academia.edu/8215663/CPPIS_Manual_for_Contributors_and_Reviewers

All contributions to the Journal, other editorial enquiries and books for reviews are to be sent to: Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal, Near Guaga Maidi, Balmiki Basti, H.No.255/6, Pehowa, Distt. Kurukshetra (HARYANA)-136128 (India) Mobile No.09896848775, 08288883993, E-mail: cppiskkr@gmail.com, mses.02@gmail.com, Website: http://milestonereview.webs.com

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Special Issue on “Marx and Ambedkar for Indian Social Change”

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Milestone Education Review (The Journal of Ideas on Educational & Social Transformation)

ISSN:2278-2168

Year 07, No.02, October, 2016

Special Issue on “Ambedkar, Indian Society and Tribal Philosophy”

(Released on 21st November, 2016)

Chief-Editor: Desh Raj Sirswal

Download the issue from given link:

Special Issue on “Ambedkar, Indian Society and Tribal Philosophy”

The Proceeding of One Day FDP on “Dr.B.R. Ambedkar, Indian Constitution and Indian Society” released in “ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on Challenges to Social Security and Social Inclusion for Inclusive Growth in India” at PGGCG -11, Chandigarh held on 5th August 2016. Thanks to P.G.Department of Public Administration, PGGCG 11,Chandigarh for their full time support. Thanks to the Principal and organisers of today’s programme who managed for this release from their busy schedule.

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Details of the Book:

Proceedings of the One-Day Faculty Development Programme on “Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Indian Constitution and Indian Society”

Compiler: Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal

ISBN: 978-81-922377-9-4

First Edition: July 2016

© Centre for Positive Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies (CPPIS), Pehowa (Kurukshetra)

Released on 5th August, 2016

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Proceedings of the One-Day Faculty Development Programme on “Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Indian Constitution and Indian Society”

Department of Philosophy and Post Graduate Department of Public Administration of PGGCG-11,Chandigarh organised an One-Day Faculty Development Programme under RUSA on the theme “Dr, B.R. Ambedkar, Indian Constitution and Indian Society” on 20th January, 2016. Several aspects of the philosophy of Dr. Ambedkar were discussed in the three sessions. More than 100 participants from Chandigarh and nearby states participated in the seminar. Dr. Ganga Sahay Meena from JNU, New Delhi was the key-note speaker. Dr. Lallan Singh Baghel, Chairperson, Deptt. of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh was the Chairperson for the inaugural session. The first session on “Socio-Political Philosophy of Dr. Ambedkar” chaired by Dr. Ashutosh Angiras from S.D. college ,Ambala Cantt. The second session under the theme “Dr, B.R. Ambedkar and Women Empowerment “was chaired by Dr. Emannuel Nahar, from Ambedkar Study Centre, Panjab University. Professor Binoo Dogra, Dean and Dr. Rama Arora, Vice Principal were also present on the occasion. Ms. Shashi Joshi proposed a vote of thanks. The programme was successful due to its vastness of content and deliberations by the resource persons and participants.

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 Centre for Positive Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies (CPPIS)

Milestone Education Society (Regd.) Pehowa (Kurukshetra)

 Call for an Edited Book

Reference No.: CPPIS/15/015

Date: 26th December 2015

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar is one of the most eminent intellectual figures of modern India. The present year educationist and humanist from all over the world are celebrating 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar by organizing various events and programmes. In this regard the Centre for Positive Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies (CPPIS), Milestone Education Society (Regd.) Pehowa (Kurukshetra) took an initiative to publish an online book with ISBN. We encourage the academics, activists, students, research scholars, public information officers, journalists, civil society members and others interested in sharing their experiences or writing their thoughts and or taking their look or giving their perspective on the philosophy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and contribute a chapter/paper to the proposed edited book.

 

Title: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: The Maker of Modern India                                                

 

Proposed Themes: Research papers are invited on the below listed sub-themes of the seminar or any other related topics:

  • B. R. Ambedkar’s Philosophy and its Future Vision
  • B. R. Ambedkar’s thoughts on Indian National Spirit
  • B.R. Ambedkar and Indian Society
  • B.R. Ambedkar and His Political Philosophy
  • B.R. Ambedkar and His Social Philosophy
  • B.R. Ambedkar and His Moral Philosophy
  • B.R. Ambedkar and His Educational Philosophy
  • B. R. Ambedkar’s thoughts on Social Reforms & Justice
  • B.R. Ambedkar on Freedom, Equality and Fraternity in Present Context
  • B.R. Ambedkar and Indian Economy
  • B.R. Ambedkar and Women Empowerment
  • B.R. Ambedkar on Indian Democracy
  • B.R. Ambedkar and India’s Freedom Struggle
  • Any other relevant topic related to main theme.

Format of Paper Submission:

Research papers are invited from faculty members and research scholars on the thrust areas of the seminar or any other related topic as per the suggested format here. The paper should be typewritten preferably in Times New Roman in 12 font size (English) or Kruti Dev (10) in 14 font size (Hindi) single spacing in MS-Word format and between 2500 to 3000 words. Name, Designation and Contact details of the authors should be accompanied with the paper on a separate sheet.

  • The authors should submit the hard copy along with a CD and a certificate of originality of the paper to be sent to the given address.
  • For more details visit CPPIS Manual in download section at http://positivephilosophy.webs.com

 

Time Line:

Full Paper submission: 31st January, 2016.

 

CONTACT

Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal, (Coordinator CPPIS)

Near Guga Maidi, House No. 255/6,

Balmiki Basti, Pehowa (Kurukshetra)-136128

Email: cppiskkr@gmail.com , Mobile No. 09896848775

Website: http://drambedkar125.wordpress.com