Mr. Gandhi and the Emancipation of the Untouchables

by B.R. Ambedkar

MR. GANDHI AND THE EMANCIPATION OF THE UNTOUCHABLES
BY
DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR

56 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1943

About the author

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born in 1891 into an “Untouchable” family of modest means. One of India’s most radical thinkers, he transformed the social and political landscape in the struggle against British colonialism. He was a prolific writer who oversaw the drafting of the Indian Constitution and served as India’s first Law Minister. In 1935, he publicly declared that though he was born a Hindu, he would not die as one. Ambedkar eventually embraced Buddhism, a few months before his death in 1956.

Reviews

[Satheeshwaran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read !

As usual - rational, concise, clear and sharp writing. It is always a pleasure and eye opening to read Dr. Ambedkar.

In this 40 pages book he lists down the political, social, educational and economical demands of Dalits to achieve the social justice and equality. This was written in the year 1942, and whatever he lists down in the book is still relevant and must be discussed to action. This is a must read and a nutshell of a book to understand his ideologies.

[Aseed hussain · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm not suprised why babasaheb ambedkar and his thoughts were not given space in mainstream indian political literature genre ever since independence . his thoughts were of crsytal clarity andthats exactly why some e;litists wanted him to stay away from our textbooks .
speaking about the book , it pictures the views of babasaheb on the issues of dalits and the process through which congress and MK gandhi opposed dalit uprising in pre independent india .
the best part of the book wa sthat , it gave me the answer on the question
" why congress was considered the only force behind indian independence ?" babasaheb abdekar uses vast amount of data to justify his point about the need of
1. special constituencies to untouchables
2. special considreration to them in assmeblies

[Kamal Vaghela · Rating 5 out of 5]

Real Reality of indian Hinduism, Mr. Gandhi and Congress

This was truthful Argument made by dr. Ambedkar against the propaganda made by indian Congressi, Gandhien and Hinduism..

This is amply clear that there are no difference between India Congress and RSS ideology..

[Saurav Sikdar · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic book by Dr Ambedkar.It clearly points out how really the Hindu Society is divided on caste lines and how the 'upper castes' would only reap the benefits of this abominable caste systems by social strangulation of a section of the society,the lower castes.
A must read for social scientists.

[Shreyas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm stunned, spellbound and deeply moved. Having been born in a Hindu family, I feel the righteous indignation that he refers to in his 10th chapter while speaking of such indignation that he thinks Jefferson felt while writing the American constitution. I had some idea but not fully in the sense of its gravity and seriousness, about the misdeeds of Hindus in India, and the ills suffered by the Untouchables (even to this day). If one stops and thinks, one can realize the disconnect one feels from the people that live across the river in a typical Indian village.
As with some other works of Dr. Ambedkar that I have read, this one too is dense and thick with reasonings and premises forming new conclusions and the logical structure of his writing. It is very difficult to find an important sentence as every sentence makes its way in being a premise in some other sentence. It can't be stated enough that he is the scholar of the highest order born once in a century.
About the style of writing, I thought that I was not a fan of polemic style of writing for it appears as an aggravated reaction to some event or people or social condition and lacks deep thought in it. Although, it is not entirely true, I am quite a fan of polemics written by true scholars; for instance the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche. The issue or objection doesn't really seem to be the censure and chastising tone in the language, but while having that tone if someone is making less than scholarly arguments, that is when the polemic loses its intrinsic value. Thus, it is so befitting of a scholar of Dr. Ambedkar's stature to express even his harsh objections in such a scholarly way! Marvelous, splendid, extraordinary and impressively dense and cogent! I'm short of adjectives to describe this work.

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