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'''Dr. Debabrata Sharma''' is an [[Assamese Brahmins|Assamese Brahmin]] from [[Jorhat]] district of [[Assam]]. He is known for his uncompromising opposition to caste oppression in a region where the Dalit movement is feeble. He is also the Secretary of Eklabya Prakashan, a publishing house named after the legendary outsider figure [[Ekalavya]] of the [[Mahabharata]].<ref name="ab">{{cite journal|last=Rehman|first=Teresa|date=26 April 2008|title=A Full Quiver|journal=Tehelka Magazine|volume=5|issue=16|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main38.asp?filename=cr260408full_quiver.asp|accessdate=27 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322230947/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main38.asp?filename=cr260408full_quiver.asp|archive-date=22 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Profession==<br />
By profession he is the Head of the Department of English in [[Jorhat College]]<ref name="cd">{{cite web|url=http://www.merinews.com/article/dictionaries-in-the-making-in-assam/126350.shtml|title=Dictionaries in the making in Assam|date=14 September 2007|accessdate=27 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113211935/http://www.merinews.com/article/dictionaries-in-the-making-in-assam/126350.shtml#|archive-date=13 November 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jorhat, Assam.<ref name="ab" /><br />
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==Family background==<br />
He is from a family whose forefathers were martyrs in India's freedom struggle and in the anti-monarchy and caste movement from 1789 to 1806. "I have imbibed that tradition and I don’t believe in caste. I had to purge myself of upper caste feeling, which is not easy in a civil society. I was even shot at by [[ULFA]] militants for opposing their theory of de-nationalisation of Assamese people."—said Dr Sharma.<ref name="ab" /> He is now working as the chief editor on the ''Asomiya Jatiya Abhidhan'', an ambitious Assamese national dictionary to be released on 1 January 2010.<ref name="cd" /><br />
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