Summary of the paper: Seeking Political Alternatives: Perspectives on Peasant's Activism in Ambedkar's Newspaper, Janata
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This paper will focus on the anti-Khoti peasant agitations in rural Konkan by consulting Ambedkar’s newspaper, Janata. The anti-caste peasant radicalism of the 1930s under Ambedkar’s leadership provided multiple avenues for Dalits to forge broader alliances with the non-Dalit masses. For Dalit politics in western India, a firm negation of Hinduism distinguished this decade from the previous one. Janata's writings give us a clearer picture of how political activism in Konkan in the 1930s was conducted under Ambedkar’s leadership. Janata thus highlights and marks the peculiarities of anti-caste peasant activism. It also demonstrates how Ambedkar’s ideas and activism influenced the Dalit self and were simultaneously influenced by the interlocutors within and outside the Dalit community. Janata was one of them. This paper will also focus on the fascinating developments in organised Dalit politics of the 1930s. Janata’s writings mainly help track the strengths and weaknesses of Dalit radicalism in Konkan.
Publication Date
2022
Recommended Citation
Pol, Prabodhan, "Summary of the paper: Seeking Political Alternatives: Perspectives on Peasant's Activism in Ambedkar's Newspaper, Janata" (2022). Open Access archive. 9247.
https://impressions.manipal.edu/open-access-archive/9247
