propagate
to grow vegetables such as broccoli. Chilli, cucumber, carrots, beans
and dwarf fruit trees in pots and all over the planet Amudha Surabhi
good earth to overcome hunger the worst kind of illness for happiness,
welfare and peace for all societies to attain eternal bliss.

She co-founded Shramik Mukti Dal along with her husband and activist
Bharat Patankar. The couple’s daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter are
settled in the U.S.

“Dr. Gail Omvedt not only contributed as a researcher in social
movements, saints’ literature, traditions but also actively participated
in movements for rights of women, deprived sections. She will remain as
a scholar who became an integral part of society,”

As a college student in the U.S., Ms. Omvedt was part of the anti-war
movement there. 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 Prabuddha Bharat”.

After deciding to live in India, her association with veteran social
worker Indutai Patankar led to her studying and participating in women’s
struggles.

She was the head of Phule-Ambedkar chair in Pune university, department
of sociology; professor at the Institute of Asian studies, Copenhegan;
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi among others.

The last rites will be conducted on Thursday at Kasegaon in Sangli district.

Feminist thinker Gail Omved, who spread Ambedkarism and Buddhist thought worldwide through her writings, was a naturalist.

Born in the United States, she chose her spouse in India and lived in the state of Maharashtra.

Her contribution to Marathi Aboriginal SC/STs literature is immense.