“AMBEDKAR TIMES” AND “DESH DOABA”
FONDLY REMEMBERS SH. C.L. CHUMBER

Adara “Ambedkar Times” and “Desh Doaba” fondly remembers Sh. C.L. Chumber, former Punjab Government Welfare Officer, founder editor of “Kaumi Udarian”, Souvenir of the life and Contributions of Babu Mangu Ram Mugowalia Ji, a social activist and bold journalist on his first Barsi (anniversary), who passed away silently on February 6, 2016 at his sweet home in native town Jalandhar City (Punjab). His memories will remain all times with us. It was he who advised us to designate our Punjabi Weekly as “Desh Doaba”. He never hesitated to raise his voice with echo of truth as and when the situation demanded. He wanted passionately that our Samaj (Society) should walk into the footsteps of Babasaheb Dr. B.R Ambedkar, Babu Mangu Ram Mugowalia and Sahib Shri Kanshi Ram Ji to fulfill their mission of building a castles society where our people should live at par with rest of the society enjoying equality and dignity. We proudly reproduce the tribute to Sh. C.L. Chumber by respected Dr. Sahib Professor Ronki Ram Ji posted at www.ambedkartimes.com on February 8, 2016.

Prem K. Chumber
Please read more in "Desh Doaba" weekly newspaper Feb 8, 2017

Freedom, Constitution and Social Justice
Prem K. Chumber Editor-In-Chief: Ambedkartimes.com

Indian freedom movement was aimed at liberating the people of this subcontinent from the foreign rule. In fact, the call for freedom was not only to get rid of the British regime but also to liberate the people of this part of South Asia from the burden of subjugation that they were buried under since the end of the last Indigenous ruler named Prithviraj Chauhan. It was this centuries old burden of foreign rule which made the idea of freedom the most sought after value for the struggling masses of this vast land. The idea of freedom in the freedom struggle of India was not a singular; it had multifold connotations.

One of the least talked about facets of the idea of freedom was social freedom that was meticulously articulated by the protagonists of Dalit movement from the times of Jyoti Rao Phule in the 19th century. Babasaheb Dr B. R. Ambedkar gave this form of freedom a new shape while anchoring it on the legal and constitutional framework of peoples fight for social justice. For him social justice is central to the struggle of downtrodden for self-respect and dignity. And social justice would be possible and sustainable only through legal sanctions against any sort of injustice rooted in the oppressive social structures of caste based social order. 

It is in the above mentioned context that Babasaheb Dr B. R. Ambedkar based his social and political struggle on the sound footing of legal and constitutional fight. He told his people that any struggle bereft of democratic and legal considerations would fail to achieve its real objective. After India got Independence, the herculean task of making the constitution of Independent India was assigned to Babasaheb Dr B. R. Ambedkar. Being the Chief Architect of the Indian constitution, he took great interest to ensure the principles of Social justice were properly incorporated into this law of the land. He made liberty, equality and fraternity, the motif of the preamble of the Indian constitution. It is this constitution that guarantees the historically excluded sections of the Indian society their due share in structures of power in the country. Posted January on January 3, 2018

TRIBUTE TO BHARAT RATTAN BABASAHEB DR. BHIMRAO RAMJI AMBEDKAR "Ambedkar Times" & "Desh Doaba" pay its glowing tribute to Bharat Rattan Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on his 61st Prinirvan Divas. "Ambedkar Times” & “Desh Doaba” Prem K. Chumber Editor-In-Chief: Ambedkartimes.com

Babasaheb Dr B.R. Ambedkar devoted his whole life to eradicate social injustice and annihilate insidious system of caste from the social structure of Indian society. He adopted legal and constitutional way for achieving his societal goals. Acquiring education and dissemination of information and knowledge among his people made him famous not only in India but also in whole world.  He is now known as one of few most adorable scholars in the world. His contribution to Social Democracy is seminal. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity constitute the core of Social Democracy. He was of the firm opinion that without establishing Social Democracy at the base the Political Democracy remains surfacial. In order to make liberty, equality and fraternity as the cardinal principles of Social Democracy, Babasaheb Dr Ambedkar enshrined them in the Constitution of Independent India, of which he was the Chief-Architect. The constitution is a living document of ever evolving democracy in India. It guarantees special provisions for the distributive justice under the state affirmative action for the social emancipation and economic and political empowerment of downtrodden. In fact, the very inclusion of special provision for the uplift of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and OBCs in the Constitution laid the foundations of social democracy in Independent India. It is for this reason that the grassroots support for the maintenance of the constitution remained as a most vigilant guard against the dilution of its social democracy contents. It is for such a brilliant contributions towards the deepening of social democracy in India that Babasaheb Dr B.R. Ambedkar is known world wide in the image of Construction in one hand and symbol of raised finger of the other hand for the coming up of the downtrodden in Independent India. Ambedkartimes.Com pays floral tributes to Bodhisattva Bharat Ratan Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on his Prinirvan Divas. 
Posted at www.ambedkartimes.com on December 6, 2017

This site has been dedicated to Bharat Rattan Baba Sahib Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar in the memory of Babu Mangu Ram Muggowalia, Gadharite and founder of Ad Dharm Movement in Punjab. The sole aim of this site is to highlight the plight of the Mulnivasis (Inhabitants) of India who have not only been deprived of their due share in the wealth of their own country, but had also been subjected to untold miseries over centuries. Atrocities against them are still rampant in almost all the parts of the country. Hardly a day passes when there is no news about the social boycott or physical repression of all sorts on them. Ambedkartimes.com is duty bound to highlight all such incidents as well as to seek and articulate some solid perspective for the amelioration of this age-old problem old social exclusion and blatant violation of the basic human rights of the Dalit brethren.

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Prem K. Chumber (Editor: ambedkartimes.com)