Sociologist Gail Omvedt Passes Away

American-born Indian scholar, sociologist, human rights activist, researcher, and author Gail Omvedt has passed away on 25th August 2021.
She was one of the intellectual voices of the ‘Bahujan Movement’.
Omvedt authored books on Dalit politics, women’s struggle and anti-caste movement.
She also participated in various people’s movements in the country, including the one for the rights of people displaced by to Koyna Dam.
She co-founded ‘Shramik Mukti Dal’ along with her husband and activist Bharat Patankar.
She visited India during her doctoral research work to study social movements here and studied the work of Mahatma Phule. Her thesis was on ‘Non-Brahmin Movement in Western India’.