Orient Blackswan presents "Revisiting 1956: B.R. Ambedkar & States Reorganization" Discussion based on a book by Dr. Sudha Pai at Seminar Hall II & III, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 11th September 2014

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 11-09-2014 18:30:00 11-09-2014 20:00:00 68 Orient Blackswan presents "Revisiting 1956: B.R. Ambedkar & States Reorganization" Discussion based on a book by Dr. Sudha Pai Event Page : http://goo.gl/xMWd3u Seminar Hall II & III, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Seminar Hall II & III, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : Orient Blackswan presents "Revisiting 1956: B.R. Ambedkar and States Reorganization" Discussion based on a book by Dr. Sudha Pai.

Revisiting 1956 resurrects the Ambedkar’s works from oblivion and presents relevant portions from them for the general, interested reader. As new states are being formed, Ambedkar’s works find renewed relevance. When he called the merger of Telangana and Telugu-speaking areas of Madras Presidency as ‘artificial’, Ambedkar showed remarkable vision that administrators can learn from. In laying criteria for reorganisation of states—viability, size, 
economic feasibility, equality, federal balance, and the divisive issue of language—he has already addressed concerns that the contemporary common man now asks

Panelists : Prof. Ghanshyam Shah; Prof. Sucheta Mahajan and Dr. Asha Sarangi

Chair : Prof. S.K. Thorat

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