Ratnakumar: “I asked him, if I would go there, will I get food?”
- On first hearing about Doctor Ambedkar
- Caste and fighting
- A gradual transformation
- How he would like to live and be remembered
(Interview recorded in 2018)
In 1978 I wasn’t born.
In 1988 I was four years old, having been born into a low caste Hindu family in Orissa.
In 1998 I was about 14. I went to the birthday celebration of Dr Ambedkar with my cousin and decided that day to learn more about Dr Ambedkar and social and political activism.
In 2008 I was 23 and training for ordination, having come across Buddhism and spent 10 months training at Nagaloka Training Institute in Nagpur in 2005. I gave up my BA in Political Science to attend.
In 2018 I have been ordained for 7 years and I’m working as Subhuti’s personal assistant.
Ratnakumar: “I asked him, if I would go there, will I get food?”
- On first hearing about Doctor Ambedkar
- Caste and fighting
- A gradual transformation
- How he would like to live and be remembered
(Interview recorded in 2018)
In 1978 I wasn’t born.
In 1988 I was four years old, having been born into a low caste Hindu family in Orissa.
In 1998 I was about 14. I went to the birthday celebration of Dr Ambedkar with my cousin and decided that day to learn more about Dr Ambedkar and social and political activism.
In 2008 I was 23 and training for ordination, having come across Buddhism and spent 10 months training at Nagaloka Training Institute in Nagpur in 2005. I gave up my BA in Political Science to attend.
In 2018 I have been ordained for 7 years and I’m working as Subhuti’s personal assistant.