Majhi Atmakatha: Autobiography of Dr. Br Ambedkar

by B.R. Ambedkar, J.G. Sant (Editor)

डॉ. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर यांनी अस्पृश्यतेचे घाव झेलत व अवहेलनेला सामोरे जात, जिद्द आणि कठोर मेहनतीच्या बळावर, सबंध प्रतिकूलतेवर मात करून ज्ञान संपादन केले. त्यांनी त्या ज्ञानाचा उपयोग समाज आणि देशासाठी केला. दलित आणि दलितेतर चळवळीला प्रेरणा दिली. अस्पृश्यांवर होणारा सामाजिक भेदभाव नष्ट करण्यासाठी चळवळ उभारली, तसेच महिला आणि कामगारांच्या हक्कांसाठी लढले. ते मजूरमंत्री, स्वतंत्र भारताचे पहिले कायदेमंत्री, भारतीय संविधानाचे शिल्पकार आणि भारतीय बौद्ध धर्माचे पुनरुज्जीवक होते. बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर यांनी कोलंबिया विद्यापीठ आणि लंडन स्कूल ऑफ इकॉनॉमिक्स या विश्वविख्यात शिक्षण संस्थांतून सर्वोच्च पदव्या मिळविल्या, तसेच त्यांनी कायदा, अर्थशास्त्र आणि राज्यशास्त्र य

Genres: Marathi

172 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 9, 2020

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

[Vinod Kumar Tiwari · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice book to read

[Anand · Rating 3 out of 5]

As far as my understanding goes, Dr Ambedkar never wrote his autobiography. To call it an autobiography is misleading. It could be called as collected works or his dairy entries but not autobiography.

[Rohana · Rating 2 out of 5]

My review of this book is in no way a reflection of Dr. Ambedkar. I deeply respect and admire his work. Also, this book is not really an autobiography. It is a collection of his journal entries/speeches that have been translated into English. I felt as though this book could have been improved upon by providing more background for each of his entries. It left me feeling a bit confused and wanting for more information given that I am not too familiar with Indian history and Dr. Ambedkar's story. Overall, this book had some valuable insights, but it could have been so much better with some small additions.

[Amit · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's nice book to read ...To know about the journey of ambedkar.what difficulty he faced throughout his life.. Ambedkar have done so many things throughout his life like for his community how he faught with Congress nd how he took rights for his community, creation of contributions...there are so many things we can't count ..he is genius man India has ever been produced

[Diksha Ahirwar]

♥️🤍💞

[Akash Datta · Rating 4 out of 5]

The more I am reading about Ambedkar, the more I am realizing that how much the political theories of today’s so-called ‘Ambedkarites’ are different from the thoughts of Ambedkar himself. But before discussing about this issue, I want to discuss about this autobiography book, especially the inspirational parts.
After being deprived from many privileges, Ambedkar in his childhood, never lost hope. Instead, he considered himself as ‘special’. Babasaheb’s love for books is highly praised. In current times, specially in social media, many people discuss Ambedkar’s criticisms on Hinduism as well as Islam and Christianity. But how much we should take from these criticisms?
Ambedkar clearly mentioned that he was deprived from learning Sanskrit due to the narrow-mindedness of his Sanskrit school teacher. So, he learned Farsi instead. So, it can be assumed that he learned about Hinduism from fake translation of Shashtras. So, his criticisms of Hinduism should be dismissed. But his criticisms of Islam and Christianity should be considered as authentic, as he was learned and well-equipped in Farsi and English.
How much he was unknowledged about Hinduism was proved by the fact that he translated ‘Dharma’ as ‘religion’ in one go!
The Congress, which now yells ‘Caste’, ‘Dalit’, ‘Ambedkar’, ‘Constitution’ etc. for 24x7 to divide the Hindu votes, can’t tolerate a single criticism about Gandhi. It calls everyone ‘terrorist’, who criticizes Gandhi. But the same Congress worships Ambedkar who criticized Gandhi like thunder! In his words, “Gandhiji is a corrupt yogi who dwells in the kingdom of fools”. Ambedkar also explained how the Congress party defeated him in election and conspired to prevent him to enter the parliament.
The Communists, who shout today, “we fight for the Constitution” will be shocked to know that Babasaheb himself wrote in his autobiography that the Communist party opposed and even cursed the Constitution of India.
My favorite chapter of the book is ‘Communism and Buddhism’, where it is proved that the problems, which bothered Karl Marx to create ‘Communism’ were already solved by Gautam Buddha many centuries ago. It proves that Ambedkar’s mind was not fully colonialized.