ambedkar PRESS council

Courtesy:- Velivada As part of his struggle spanning over 4 decades, Dr. Ambedkar always used print media of his own as one of the instruments to achieve his goal of emancipating the untouchables. Even in 1920 when he had just begun his struggle,   he launched a Marathi fortnightly, “Mooknayak, (the leader of the dumb)” . Dr. Ambedkar had written editorials for this magazine. This magazine survived just for about a year and a half. The magazine could be started with the financial assistance from Shahu Chhatraapti Maharaj of Kolhapur. In April 1927, Dr. Ambedkar started the magazine called “Bahishkrit Bharat (Ostracized India)”. This time he was more organized. He had bought over a printing press through public donations. The press was named as “Bharat Bhushan Printing press”. During the publication of Bahishkrit Bharat, Dr. Ambedkar personally took a lot of care to see that every issue has a very high standard of writing. This magazine was published for about 2 years. In 1930, Dr. ...