简介：ForthousandsofyearsIndia’sDalitswereabhorredas“untouchables,”deniededucationandtreatedasbondedlabour.By1923BhimraoAmbedkarbrokethetaboo,wondoctoratesabroadandfoughtfortheemancipationofhispeople.HedraftedIndia’sConstitution,ledhisfollowerstodiscardHinduismforBuddhism.Hislegendstillspreadsthroughpoetryandsong.In1997astatueofDr.AmbedkarinaDalitcolonyinMumbaiwasdesecratedwithfootwear.Asangryresidentsgathered,policeopenedfirekilling10.VilasGhogre,aleftistpoet,hunghimselfinprotest.JaiBhimComradeshotover14years,followsthepoetryandmusicofpeoplelikeVilasandmarksasubalterntraditionofreasonthat,fromthedaysoftheBuddha,hasfoughtsuperstitionandreligiousbigotry.…