Debabrata Sharma Explained

Dr. Devabrata Sharma
Nationality:Indian
Education:MA, PhD
Occupation:Professor
Spouse:Santana Sharma
Parents: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] Jorhat, Assam.

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. He is now working as the chief editor on the Asomiya Jatiya Abhidhan, an ambitious Assamese national dictionary to be released on 1 January 2010.

Notes and References

  1. Rehman. Teresa. 26 April 2008. A Full Quiver. Tehelka Magazine. 5. 16. 27 October 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322230947/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main38.asp?filename=cr260408full_quiver.asp. 22 March 2012. dead.
  2. Web site: Dictionaries in the making in Assam. 14 September 2007. 27 October 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091113211935/http://www.merinews.com/article/dictionaries-in-the-making-in-assam/126350.shtml#. 13 November 2009. dead.