evidence: On April 14th, 2022, a number of students and alumni gathered in Lehman library to commemorate the 131st birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, who is affectionately known as ‘Babasaheb.’ The birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar (abbreviated ‘Bhim Jayanti’) is widely celebrated around the world. Dr. Ambedkar’s ideas and philosophy have long paved the way for global social movements of emancipation. Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic over the last two years, an in-person celebration of Bhim Jayanti was not possible: admirers of Dr. Ambedkar around the world marked Bhim Jayanti online by utilizing various social media platforms and innovative modalities. Now that the impact and spread of Covid -19 appears to be waning, this year’s birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar was cheerfully celebrated in person, and a Bhim Jayanti celebration was organized on April 14, 2022, under the initiative of Ambedkarite Students of Columbia University and the Global Studies Unit, at the Columbia University Libraries.