April 5, 2026 (Sunday) From Many Rivers to One Ocean: Language, Culture and the Constitution

[ALF Communications Coordinator]

April 5, 2026 What does it mean to understand the Constitution through the cultures we live and breathe? When culture itself becomes a way of knowing, practicing, and claiming our rights? Join us as we explore how culture can root, shape, and deepen constitutional understanding. And how communities across the world have used culture itself as a powerful tool to fight, resist, and reclaim their rights. The gathering will also honour all those who worked to make the translations and videos of the Indian Preamble into 17 languages of Karnataka possible. April 2026 5 Speakers: Dr C.G Lakshmipathy Sociologist and Cultural Thinker Dr K. P Ashwini  United Nations Special Rapporteur on Racism  We will also be joined by translators who worked with ALF to translate the Preamble of the Constitution into 16 languages of Karnataka. ನಮ್ಮೊಂದಿಗೆ ಡಾ. ಸಿ ಜಿ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿಪತಿ  ಸಮಾಜಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಜ್ಞರು ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಚಿಂಕರು ಡಾ. ಕೆ ಪಿ ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ  ವಿಶ್ವಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯ ಮಾನವ ಹಕ್ಕು ಆಯೋಗದ ವಿಶೇಷ ವರದಿಗಾರರು  ಹಾಗೂ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ 16 ಭಾಷೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂವಿಧಾನ ಪೀಠಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಅನುವಾದ ಮಾಡಲು ಕೈ ಜೋಡಿಸಿದ ಬಂಧುಗಳು. Venue: Alternative Law Forum, 122/4, Infantry Road, Bangalore - 560001 (Near Shivajinagar Bus Station) ಸ್ಥಳ: ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ಕಾನೂನು ವೇದಿಕೆ, #122/4, ಇನ್‌ಫೆಂಟ್ರಿ ರಸ್ತೆ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು 560001 For more information get in touch:  Phone: 080-22865757 Email: con...@altlawforum.org FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM