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'''Kumud Somkuwar Pawde''' (born 1938) is an Indian [[Dalit]] activist. She is the first [[Ambedkarite]] scholar of [[Sanskrit]]. Her autobiography ''Antahsphot'' discusses the issue of exploitation of Dalit Women.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://in.makers.yahoo.com/8-dalit-women-you-must-know-about-025952456.html | title=Dalit Lives Matter: 8 Dalit Women Activists You Must Know About | publisher=Yahoo | work=Geetika Sachdev | date=14 October 2020 | accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref> She is a founder member of the [[National Federation of Dalit Women]]. | '''Kumud Somkuwar Pawde''' (born 1938) is an [[Indian]] [[Dalit]] [[activist]]. She is the first [[Ambedkarite]] scholar of [[Sanskrit]]. Her autobiography ''Antahsphot'' discusses the issue of exploitation of Dalit Women.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://in.makers.yahoo.com/8-dalit-women-you-must-know-about-025952456.html | title=Dalit Lives Matter: 8 Dalit Women Activists You Must Know About | publisher=Yahoo | work=Geetika Sachdev | date=14 October 2020 | accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref> She is a founder member of the [[National Federation of Dalit Women]]. | ||
She was born in 1938 into a [[Mahar]] Dalit family in [[Maharashtra]]. Later she became a [[Buddhist]]. She was witness to the historic Dhamma Deeksha ceremony (conversion to [[Buddhism]]) on October 14th, 1956 as her parents were part of [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]]’s [[Dalit Buddhist movement]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peoplesvoice.in/2018/05/29/when-nehru-helped-an-ambedkarite-sanskrit-scholar-get-a-job/|title = Peoples Voice » when Nehru helped an Ambedkarite Sanskrit Scholar get a job}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/gender/how-three-generations-of-dalit-women-writers-saw-their-identities-and-struggle-4984202/|title = How three generations of Dalit women writers saw their identities and struggle?|date = 27 December 2017}}</ref> She studied [[Sanskrit]] at the time when [[untouchability]] was rife and Dalits faced barriers; she was amongst first Dalits to learn Sanskrit and became Sanskrit [[Pandit]]a i.e. Sanskrit scholar.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/meet-dr-kumud-sonkuwar-pawde-sanskrit-pandita-and-dalit-activist-176092.html | title=Meet Dr Kumud Sonkuwar Pawde, Sanskrit Pandita And Dalit Activist | publisher=Femina | work=Kalwyna Rathod | date=2 November 2020 | accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/bloody-mary/the-dalit-girl-who-became-a-sanskrit-pandita-the-incredible-story-of-dr-kumud-sonkuwar-pawde/ | title=The Dalit girl who became a Sanskrit Pandita: the incredible story of Dr Kumud Sonkuwar Pawde | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Sagarika Ghose | date=25 March 2019 | accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref> She was the Head of Department of Sanskrit from Government College, Amravati, Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.puneresearch.com/media/data/issues/5a9ed92612de3.pdf | title=EVALUATION OF DALIT LITERATURE IN INDIA | publisher=Pune Research | work=YESUPAKU DINESH | accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-3075959611/social-economic-and-political-reverberations-of-untouchability | title=Social, Economic and Political Reverberations of Untouchability: Kumud Pawde's "The Story of My Sanskrit" | publisher=IUP Journal of English Studies | work=Jayasree, K. | accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref> | She was born in 1938 into a [[Mahar]] Dalit family in [[Maharashtra]]. Later she became a [[Buddhist]]. She was witness to the historic Dhamma Deeksha ceremony (conversion to [[Buddhism]]) on October 14th, 1956 as her parents were part of [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]]’s [[Dalit Buddhist movement]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peoplesvoice.in/2018/05/29/when-nehru-helped-an-ambedkarite-sanskrit-scholar-get-a-job/|title = Peoples Voice » when Nehru helped an Ambedkarite Sanskrit Scholar get a job}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/gender/how-three-generations-of-dalit-women-writers-saw-their-identities-and-struggle-4984202/|title = How three generations of Dalit women writers saw their identities and struggle?|date = 27 December 2017}}</ref> She studied [[Sanskrit]] at the time when [[untouchability]] was rife and Dalits faced barriers; she was amongst first Dalits to learn Sanskrit and became Sanskrit [[Pandit]]a i.e. Sanskrit scholar.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/meet-dr-kumud-sonkuwar-pawde-sanskrit-pandita-and-dalit-activist-176092.html | title=Meet Dr Kumud Sonkuwar Pawde, Sanskrit Pandita And Dalit Activist | publisher=Femina | work=Kalwyna Rathod | date=2 November 2020 | accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/bloody-mary/the-dalit-girl-who-became-a-sanskrit-pandita-the-incredible-story-of-dr-kumud-sonkuwar-pawde/ | title=The Dalit girl who became a Sanskrit Pandita: the incredible story of Dr Kumud Sonkuwar Pawde | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Sagarika Ghose | date=25 March 2019 | accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref> She was the Head of Department of Sanskrit from Government College, Amravati, Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.puneresearch.com/media/data/issues/5a9ed92612de3.pdf | title=EVALUATION OF DALIT LITERATURE IN INDIA | publisher=Pune Research | work=YESUPAKU DINESH | accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1P3-3075959611/social-economic-and-political-reverberations-of-untouchability | title=Social, Economic and Political Reverberations of Untouchability: Kumud Pawde's "The Story of My Sanskrit" | publisher=IUP Journal of English Studies | work=Jayasree, K. | accessdate=15 November 2020}}</ref> | ||
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Kumud Somkuwar Pawde (born 1938) is an Indian Dalit activist. She is the first Ambedkarite scholar of Sanskrit. Her autobiography Antahsphot discusses the issue of exploitation of Dalit Women.[1] She is a founder member of the National Federation of Dalit Women.
She was born in 1938 into a Mahar Dalit family in Maharashtra. Later she became a Buddhist. She was witness to the historic Dhamma Deeksha ceremony (conversion to Buddhism) on October 14th, 1956 as her parents were part of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Dalit Buddhist movement.[2][3] She studied Sanskrit at the time when untouchability was rife and Dalits faced barriers; she was amongst first Dalits to learn Sanskrit and became Sanskrit Pandita i.e. Sanskrit scholar.[4][5] She was the Head of Department of Sanskrit from Government College, Amravati, Maharashtra.[6][7]
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- ↑ "Dalit Lives Matter: 8 Dalit Women Activists You Must Know About". Geetika Sachdev. Yahoo. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ↑ "Peoples Voice » when Nehru helped an Ambedkarite Sanskrit Scholar get a job".
- ↑ "How three generations of Dalit women writers saw their identities and struggle?". 27 December 2017.
- ↑ "Meet Dr Kumud Sonkuwar Pawde, Sanskrit Pandita And Dalit Activist". Kalwyna Rathod. Femina. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ↑ "The Dalit girl who became a Sanskrit Pandita: the incredible story of Dr Kumud Sonkuwar Pawde". Sagarika Ghose. The Times of India. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ↑ "EVALUATION OF DALIT LITERATURE IN INDIA" (PDF). YESUPAKU DINESH. Pune Research. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ↑ "Social, Economic and Political Reverberations of Untouchability: Kumud Pawde's "The Story of My Sanskrit"". Jayasree, K. IUP Journal of English Studies. Retrieved 15 November 2020.