An Interview with Dr Gail Omvedt

Authors

  • Baliram N. Gaikwad N.G. Acharya and D. K. Marathe College of Arts
  • Sumeet Ravindra Patil Ph.D. Scholar, Department of English, University of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22356/wic.v4i2.22

Keywords:

Dalit, women, thier life and status in the society.

Abstract

Interview of Dr. Gail Omvedt by Dr. B.N. Gaikwad and Sumeet R. Patil, conducted on 14 March 2016 in the University of Mumbai Campus, Vidyanagri, Santacruz East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.D

Dr Gail Omvedt is an American-born scholar, who has obtained her Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley in 1973. Dr. Omvedt has devoted her life to Dr Ambedkar’s anti-caste movement, Shramik Mukti Dal, Stri Mukti Sangharsh Chalval, the women’s movement and social work since becoming a citizen of India in 1983. She has also authored several books and published, which helps people associated with Dalit literature and Movement. This interview was conducted during the visit of Dr Omvedt and Dr Bharat Patankar to Vidyanagri, Kalina Campus, Santacruz, Mumbai University on 14 March 2016.

Author Biographies

  • Baliram N. Gaikwad, N.G. Acharya and D. K. Marathe College of Arts
    Dr B.N. Gaikwad is working as Vice-Principal and Head of the Department of English in N.G. Acharya and D. K. Marathe College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Chembur East 400071, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He has obtained M.A., M. Phil, UGC-NET, Ph.D., and was a Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow (2012-2013) of the University of Florida, USA. He has presented Research Papers in many National and International Seminars and Conferences. Currently Dr. Gaikwad is working as Chief-editor in several Peer-Reviewed National and International Journals.
  • Sumeet Ravindra Patil, Ph.D. Scholar, Department of English, University of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Sumeet Ravindra Patil is currently pursuing Ph.D. from the University of Mumbai under the guidance of Dr. B.N. Gaikwad. He has obtained his M.A. in 2012, B.Ed. in 2013 from Mumbai University, P.E.T. in 2014 (Ph.D. Entrance Test, conducted by Mumbai University), and S.E.T. in 2016 (State Eligibility Test for Assistant Professor, Accredited by UGC, conducted by Savitribai Phule Pune University.

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Published

2017-07-27

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2017): August

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Interviews

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