About the Book:
On 14 October 1956, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar publicly converted
to Buddhism at Dikshabhumi, Nagpur. The author was 17 years old when he attended that ceremony. The conversion of Babasaheb Ambedkar to Buddhism made him very curious about this religion. He started reading books on Buddhism and realized that this religion is very different from other religions of the world. Babasaheb Ambedkar attended many Buddhist World Conferences in countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal in capacity of Buddhist representative from India. He reiterated that people of deprived classes of India joined Buddhism for equality and social justice.
He also stated that more and more people from other classes of India will join us. The author was really impressed by the speeches
of Babasaheb and started to attend Buddhist Conferences despite his hectic job in Government and Air India.
From year 1978, he regularly attended World Buddhist Conferences worldwide which was an event every two years. He travelled to countries like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand for this cause. There he met many great Buddhist leaders and philosophers around the world. He gathered vast knowledge about this religion and started writing about this religion. He also put my papers and delivered speeches. This book is a collection of those speeches and his thoughts on Buddhism.
About the Author:
Shri Digambar Rangnath Bhalerao is son of veteran Dalit activitst and associate of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Late Rangnath Bhalerao. Born on 28th January 1936, now 88 years old Shri. Digambar Rangnath Bhalerao is very senior and famous Social worker, Philosopher, Thinker, Environmentalist, Author and hardcore Patriot. He has made tremendous contributions towards Social reforms, Cultural activities, National integrity and for World peace.
Shri. Bhalerao is highly educated person who earned different Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates from many Universities and Institutes. He a B.A, (Spl.) from the University of Pune as well as a Diploma holder in Journalism and Public Relations from the Indian Institute of of Mass Communication, New Delhi, an International Marketing from the Mumbai University, a Rashtra Bhasha Pravin Certificate from the Institute of Pune. He was a visiting faculty member at S.N.D.T, the first Women’s College of India. He was appointed as a Counsellor of the World Buddhist University and also appointed as Chairman of the International Association for Educator at World Peace, India Chapter.
Shri. Bhalerao in his 88 years long career worked in many Government Organizations like Govt of India Press, Nashik, a an Assistant Director of Publicity (Cultural Programmes) in Government of Maharashtra. He also functioned as Manager (Passenger Relations & Customer Relations) Air India in various cities of India and abroad. He retired from Air India as Station Manager (Product Research and Development) in 1994.
Shri. Bhalerao while in service was very active in fields like Social Work, Cultural Activities and writing articles in various newspapers and periodicals. He is the Founder of the Cultural Organization, Sangha Mitra., as well as a Member of the International Organizations like World Fellowship of Buddhist, International Association for World Peace, Indo-Japan Association, Indo-American Society, Buddhas Light International, World Constitution of Parliament Association, USA, Association of Educators of World Peace, Karmveer Dadasaheb Gaikwad Sanskrutik Kendra Sports Complex.
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