Ambedkar's India

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978-93-87022-89-8
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AMBEDKAR'S INDIA is a collection of three of B.R. Ambedkar's most prominent speeches on caste and the Indian Constitution. "In the fight for Swaraj, you fight with the whole tion on your side. In fighting caste system, you stand against the whole tion - and that too, your own." "Annihilation of Caste" is one of Ambedkar's best works in putting together how caste as a system has been eating up the roots of a rich cultural melting pot like India. "Bhakti in religion could lead to salvation. But in politics, Bhakti is a sure road to eventual dictatorship." "The Grammar of Archy" reflects Ambedkar's ideas on how we need to pave the way for Independent India. It reflects his deep love and aspirations for India and its people. "...the sub-divisions [of caste] have lost the open-door character of the class system, and have become self-enclosed units called castes." "Castes in …

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A Great Collection that Gives Insight into a Great Thinker

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This is a good collection of some of Ambedkar's most important writings - The Grammar of Anarchy, Annihilation of Caste, and Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis, and Development. This is deeply reflective writing that also reveals some of the holes in Ambedkar's thinking when read today (the constant referral of indigenous groups as "savages" as well as essentially the entire third essay were especially problematic). With the fight for Dalit and Muslim rights in India still ongoing, these writings from Ambedkar at the dawn of India's independence are worth revisiting. Highly recommend

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