Open AccessAn Interview with Dr Gail Omvedt
Author(s) -
Baliram N. Gaikwad,
Sumeet Ravindra Patil
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
writers in conversation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2203-4293
DOI - 10.22356/wic.v4i2.22
Subject(s) - caste , gender studies , sociology , library science , media studies , political science , law , computer science
Interview of Dr. Gail Omvedt by Dr. B.N. Gaikwad and Sumeet R. Patil, conducted on 14 March 2016 in the University of Mumbai Campus, Vidyanagri, Santacruz East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.DDr Gail Omvedt is an American-born scholar, who has obtained her Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley in 1973. Dr. Omvedt has devoted her life to Dr Ambedkar’s anti-caste movement, Shramik Mukti Dal, Stri Mukti Sangharsh Chalval, the women’s movement and social work since becoming a citizen of India in 1983. She has also authored several books and published, which helps people associated with Dalit literature and Movement. This interview was conducted during the visit of Dr Omvedt and Dr Bharat Patankar to Vidyanagri, Kalina Campus, Santacruz, Mumbai University on 14 March 2016.