B.R. Ambedkar
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Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man’s life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.’—B.R. Ambedkar
Born in 1891 into an Untouchable family, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar is the man behind the Indian Constitution and the champion of the Dalit cause. Much ahead of his times, he raised ...
Soon after it became definite that the farming of the future Constitution of India was to be entrusted to a Constituent Assembly the Working Committee of the All –India Scheduled Castes Federation asked me to prepare a Memorandum on the Safeguards for the Scheduled Castes for being submitted to the Constituent Assembly on behalf of the federation. I very gladly undertook the task. The results of my labour are contained in this brochure. The Memorandum defines ...
This book is a sequel to my treatise called The Shudras –Who they were and How they came to be the Fourth Varna of the Indo-Aryan Society which was published in 1946. Besides the Shudras, the Hindu Civilization has produced three social classes whose existence has not received the attention it deserves. The three classes are:- 1 The Criminal Tribes who number about 20 Millions or so; 2. The Aboriginal Tribes who number about 15 millions; and 3. The Untouchables ...