Professor Anand Teltumbde Writes for a Revolution: Suraj Yengde
Channel: Opia Films
Date: 20/07/2020

On the 15th of July, Anand Teltumbde turned 70 in a Mumbai jail where he has been imprisoned for the last 90 days. Regarded as one of India's best-known public intellectuals, Prof Teltumbde's legacy comprises 30 books, hundreds of essays, and decades-long critique of India's harsh caste system. His analysis of writings from across the world presents us with a scholarly body that lays the groundwork for organizing movements in India and his grassroots work leads Ambedkar's path for the young generation. He writes for change, for a better tomorrow. The continued attacks on his work, contributions and eventually his imprisonment is a call to remember Babasaheb's call to "Educate, Agitate, Organise!"

About Suraj Yengde - 

Dr. Suraj Yengde is an award-winning scholar and activist from India. He is an author of bestseller Caste Matters. The book went to reprint within a week of it's publication date. Caste Matters was recently featured in the prestigious "Best Non-fiction Books of the Decade" list by The Hindu.

Suraj is an inaugural postdoctoral fellow at the Initiative for Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Suraj is India’s first Dalit Ph.D. holder from an African university (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) in the nation's history.

Suraj is a published author in the field of Caste, Race, Ethnicity studies, and inter-regional labor migration in the global south. Currently, he is involved in developing a critical theory of Dalit and Black Studies.


Credits - Suraj Yengde, Prachi Teltumbde, Devika Shetty and Preeti Gupta.
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