Eminent writer, columnist and historian Dr Ramachnadra Guha is scheduled to deliver the third Chittaranjan Das Memorial lecture on “Gandhi, Ambedkar and the emancipation of Dalits” at the IDCOl Auditorium here on Friday.
The Sikshasandhan, a resource centre for education, is organising the lecture. late Das was the founder chairman of the centre.Guha is a noted Indian historian and writer whose research interests include environmental, social, political and cricket subjects.
Similarly, late Das’ writings constitute a major contribution to Indian literature while his essays bring the ideas of great thinkers of the East as well as of the West to bear upon his reflections on the dimensions of the here and now.