Baba Saheb: An Extraordinary Philatelic Journey (1966-2022)

The exhibition brings together a unique archive on the philatelic afterlife of Ambedkar (1966-2022), his journey from being the first Dalit personality to be honoured with a commemorative postage stamp to becoming a key philatelic icon on the country. On view are commemorative and definitive postage stamps, information brochures, first day covers, postal calendars, inland letter cards and other postal material to throw fresh light on the shifting evolution of the official and popular imagination of Ambedkar

Curated by Vikas Kumar 

Inauguration by Dr. Gopal Guru, Editor, Economic and Political Weekly on Tuesday, 7 June 2022 at 18:30

Exhibition on view: 08 to 21 June  2022 11:00 to 19:00 daily

As part of the exhibition, there will be two related programmes in the Art Gallery:

11 JUNE 2022 AT 18:30 

Ambedkar, Stamps and the Indian Republic

Illustrated lecture by Prof. Vikas Kumar, Faculty, School of Development, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru and author of the forthcoming book Waiting for a Christmas Gift and Other Essays and co-author of Numbers in India’s Periphery: The Political Economy of Government Statistics (Cambridge University Press: 2020)
 

20 JUNE 2022 AT 18:00 

Gallery Walk Through

Conducted by Vikas Kumar, curator of the exhibition

(Collaboration: Azim Premji University, Bengaluru)