Prashanth Mendon

“In 1931, when Ambedkar met Gandhi for the first time, Gandhi questioned him about his sharp criticism of the Congress (which, it was assumed, was tantamount to criticising the struggle for the Homeland). “Gandhiji, I have no Homeland,” was Ambedkar’s famous reply. “No Untouchable worth the name will be proud of this land.”61”
― B R Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition

“And to shape up my future it is not essential that I forget my past.”
― Ravinder Singh, Can Love Happen Twice?

“the outcaste is a bye-product of the caste system. There will be outcastes as long as there are castes. Nothing can emancipate the outcaste except the destruction of the caste system.”
― B R Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition

“Reading Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar bridges the gap between what most Indians are schooled to believe in and the reality we experience every day of our lives.”
― Arundhati Roy, Annihilation of Caste