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REPORT OF THE ONE-DAY SEMINAR ON

“PHULE AND AMBEDKAR: DIRECTIONS TO THE

LIBERATION MOVEMENT TODAY”

11^th April 2006 at IPC, Nagpur

Jointly organized by NCCI Dalit Desk and IPC

The One-Day Seminar on “Phule and Ambedkar: Directions to the Liberation Movement Today” was held on the 11^th day of April 2006 at India Peace Center, Nagpur. The seminar was attended by participants from different backgrounds. The students from Law College, students of Social work, from the SCM local unit, local Church participants, Church leaders, teachers, social activists and scholars. Nearly 60 participants attended this seminar.

Prior to the beginning of the seminar, few of the participants led by Bp. DK Sahu, the General Secretary of NCCI, garlanded the statue of Shri Mahatma Phule in the city of Nagpur.

Dr. John Chelladurai, Director of IPC has given a formal welcome to all the participants to the seminar. Then Rev. Raj Bharath Patta, Executive Secretary for NCCI- Dalit concerns introduced the importance of the theme of the day. In his talk, he mentioned the importance of the day 11^th April 2006, for this day happens to be the 179^th janma jayanthi (birth anniversary) of Shri. Mahatma Jothirao Phule, the same day happens to be the Mahaveer Jayanthi (Lord Mahaveer’s birth anniversary, founder of Jainism), the same day happens to be Id-E-Milad (the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad, the founder of Islam), and the same day happens to be the Holy Tuesday for the Christians, remembering the passion of Lord Jesus Christ. No such day again in history with so many occasions may turn up, so having a seminar on such day, the organizers thought would be a historic one adding grace to all the occasions.  Both Phule and Ambedkar are the pioneers of Liberation movements in India, and their contributions to the Indian society have had an indelible impact, and so commemorating the birth anniversaries of both these liberators on 11^th April and on 14^th April, a one-day seminar has been organized to recollect the contributions of these two men and look forward for further directions to the modern day liberation movements. Both Phule and Ambedkar provide direction and method for our times in our today’s liberation journey, besides being the role models.

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