Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti 14 APRIL
All that I stated above was for those who limit his works to Dalit welfare. Now as for His followers, Do you really think the kind of celebrations we do on Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti are justice to a person as intellectual as him? What message do we, as the followers of Dr. Ambedkar give to the society who associates Him with a particular community? One should be proud Dr. Ambedkar’s follower. We should then even maintain his dignity. We should maintain this great man’s respect when we enjoy under the banner of his birthday.
How can you celebrate Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti with crackers, rallies, blue gulaal, and then dancing to silly numbers? This is not justified! He was not only a social leader but a educational legend. Organize discussion, debates, competitions, yes, they can be a part of celebration. Share knowledge, promote education, promote His ideology, work for His vision. If we represent Dr. Ambedkar, we should show we are worth it. More than half of the community representing Dr. Ambedkar is illiterate. We have opportunities, then what do we lack, motivation? Dr. Ambedkar wanted to see the depressed classes climb educational heights. Are we respecting his dreams? Youngsters chanting or shouting “Jai Bhim” during the celebrations are not even seen in descent dresses, forget descent behavior. Hooligans? Are you Dr. Ambedkar’s sincere admirers or are you his goons?
Every man in and near a rally defines the legacy of Babasaheb today. Every man in and near a rally defines what He left behind as and in His community. Every man dressed white on 14th April defines what kind of Dr. Ambedkar His followers want to show today. Every time we say “Jai Bhim”, defines what we have inherited as His follower. Your every deed defines His image today. There are people out there ready to sell Him out. If you are the ones whom people refer Dr. Ambedkar’s to, care to maintain His legacy! Don’t let people laugh when they say “He/She is a follower of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar”. Let them sense pride. The same pride we feel to say “Jai Bhim”.
This Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti, the 125th, lets vow to behave as a real and an ideal follower of Dr. Ambedkar. Being Ambedkar? nope, never ever possible! He was one, and the only one! An ideal follower should show education, he should show wisdom, he should show excellence, he should stay away from nonsense habits like alcohol, cigarettes etc. he needs to be a reader and much more… And do we need this? Yes, we do, we seriously do. Because we need to shape His legacy in modern age. Dr. Ambedkar wanted to see His community, progress. It would again be unfair to say His community, He worked for the whole nation. He wanted the nation to progress. He himself set the example through His education, His excellence.
Justice to his works will never be done through mass rallies or mass celebrations on his birthday. It will be just, when we mark his vision true with our deeds. Dr. Ambedkar never wanted His followers, His community to indulge in activities which will never fruit their progress, neither in His lifetime, nor when He left us. We can not stop this all at once, but slowly and steadily we can change the way we celebrate. Celebration is necessary. We need to celebrate the birthday of a man who is greater to us than God (if for a theist) Himself. Okay with the crackers, (although it brings pollution and harm, and nothing else), stop dancing foolishly to silly numbers. Dress well, behave well. Set an example, and a good one. That is how we can really respect Babasaheb.
It is quite unfortunate that not every sect of Indians find Him ideal. This is really unfortunate. But then it is us, the remaining ones, to showcase Him, to spread his ideology. To let people know that more than being only a dalit leader, He was a great reformer. He was a great visionary. He was a great economist, a excellent jurist. A great democrat, a great socialist. He was a great labor leader, a great women uplifter.
And no doubt, even if unrecognized as, He was, is and will always be the (other) Father of The Nation.
JAY BHIM
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