MONTREAL, CANADA, June 8, 2002: A colloquium was held on Saturday, June 8, 2002, at the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Canada to explore the possibility of employing indigenous dharma as an epistemic category to understand Indic religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism) following the lead provided by Dr. Ambedkar. The following persons participated: Mr. Pavittar Singh Bhandari, Pandit Ramnarine Tiwari, Prof Sushil Mittal (Milliken University), Prof. T. S. Rukmani (Chair in Hindu Studies, Concordia University), Prof. Arvind Sharma (McGill University), Mr. Manjit Singh (Sikh Chaplain, McGill University), and Dr. Shrinivas Tilak. There are plans to make this as an annual event to discuss Dr. Ambedkar’s contribution to a selected topic in Indology. For more information, e-mail Shrinivas Tilak, coordinator, at “source” above.
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