Debabrata Sharma
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Dr. Devabrata Sharma | |
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Residence | Malow Ali, Jorhat, Assam |
Nationality | Indian |
Ethnicity | Assamese |
Citizenship | Indian |
Education | MA, PhD |
Occupation | Professor |
Home town | Jorhat |
Title | Dr. |
Spouse(s) | Santana Sharma |
Children | None |
Parent(s) | Dindayal Sharma (Father) |
Dr. Debabrata Sharma is an Assamese Brahmin from Jorhat district of Assam. He is known for his uncompromising opposition to caste oppression in a region where the Dalit movement is feeble. He is also the Secretary of Eklabya Prakashan, a publishing house named after the legendary outsider figure Ekalavya of the Mahabharata.[1]
Profession
By profession he is the Head of the Department of English in Jorhat College[2] and a lecturer in Jorhat College, Jorhat, Assam.[1]
Family background
He is from a family whose forefathers were martyrs in India’s freedom struggle and in the anti-monarchy and caste movement from 1789 to 1806. “I have imbibed that tradition and I don’t believe in caste. I had to purge myself of upper caste feeling, which is not easy in a civil society. I was even shot at by ULFA militants for opposing their theory of de-nationalisation of Assamese people.”—said Dr Sharma.[1] He is now working as the chief editor on the Asomiya Jatiya Abhidhan, an ambitious Assamese national dictionary to be released on January 1, 2010.[2]
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