Babasaheb was the first person in India to point out these unpleasant facts.
Jagjivan Ram, India's topmost Dalit leader after Babasaheb, could not become Prime Minister twice because of his caste. But lately caste has become the be all and end all of India's social, cultural, political and economic life.Ĭaste makes and unmakes the career of a person. Till very recently caste has been a private affair in India confined mostly to the house and observed during marriages and deaths. And I will not be surprised if this work becomes a textbook for students of social science. That is why Babasaheb will go down in the history as the greatest social scientist that this country has produced. But that is not the case with this work which is an honest piece of research. But many such works are written more to make money and earn some name or fame, award or reward. Written in 1936, it is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and its caste system.Īnnihilation of Caste is the best book on caste though it is said about 3,500 books have been written on this subject.
Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste is one of the most important, yet neglected, works of political writing from India.
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