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Iconoclast is a masterful tribute to a towering figure in modern history, offering profound insights into the epic struggle for social emancipation and the quest for a truly inclusive society.
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Imprint: India Viking
Published: Sep/2024
ISBN: 9780670093885
Length : 700 Pages
MRP : ₹1299.00
Imprint: Penguin Audio
Published:
Imprint: India Viking
Published: Sep/2024
ISBN:
Length : 700 Pages
MRP : ₹1299.00
Then he told the bishop to search for the rest of them.
The bishop commented, “Ambedkar must have built his vast collection of books with others’ books.”
Lifting books from libraries
“Indeed, Ambedkar used to say with pride during 1923-29 how he used to steal books from libraries.
With the growing strength of Dalits in this part of the world, he has received lots of recognition in Metro Vancouver. “It is only Gandhi who could see the strategic value of Ambedkar… for the longevity of the future constitutional State, which would be insured if a multitude of people, particularly its potential victims, especially upheld it… If Ambedkar, already a demigod for Dalits, is projected as the maker of the Constitution, the Dalits and potentially the entire lower strata, would emotionally defend it.”
Ambedkar as chairman, with other members of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India, on August 29, 1947.
The bottom line: no clarity on what exactly constitutes ‘Ambedkarism’, not that he intended any ‘ism’ as his legacy.
Teltumbde laments that the identitarian animus of today’s Ambedkarites is directed “not against the Brahminic zealots… but against Marxists and communists”. As Teltumbde observes, in many of these debates, Ambedkar was not expressing his own opinions but ‘lawyering’ on behalf of the Congress-controlled draft amendments, which explains his ‘hack’ remark.
Babasaheb Ambedkar being sworn in as independent India’s first Law Minister by President Rajendra Prasad, in the presence of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, on May 8, 1950.
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‘Too Mahar-centric’
Speaking of Ambedkar’s errors of judgement, Teltumbde is most unforgiving about his eschewal of class politics and the Mahar-centricity of the various institutions he set up, which also explains his failure as a builder of organisations. Indeed, exploding the cultishness around Ambedkar is the driving force behind the author’s “comments, questions marks and discussions” that constitute the “reflective” dimension of this biography.
Ambedkar in Columbia University, in 1916.
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Dr. Updated – December 10, 2024 10:57 am IST G. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, affectionately known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, was a trailblazer in the quest for equality and justice. In 2020, he was arrested and thrown behind bars under trumped up charges. Ironically, the BJP continues to appropriate Ambedkar based on the party’s selective approach toward some of the contradictory views that Teltumbde reveals his book. Teltumbde’s only crime was that he stood up for the poor and downtrodden, whose rights are being trampled by the Indian state. Rich with poignant photographs, this biography paints a vivid picture of Ambedkar as a visionary and as a human, and above all as an iconoclast driven by a relentless pursuit of social justice and equality. Subscribe below to stay in the loop. If anyone wants to know more about the towering Indian scholar and undisputed leader of Dalits (the so-called “untouchables”), Iconoclast: A Reflective Biography of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar is a must read. A voluminous book by a renowned columnist and published author Anand Teltumbde, it’s a comprehensive study of the life and work of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar. Fondly remembered as Babasaheb by his followers, Ambedkar was born in 1891 in a family of Dalits in Maharashtra where he endured caste-based discrimination right from his school days. When the bishop then angrily went to his home to ask for them, Ambedkar pulled out some 10 to 12 books. He said it again in 1956, a few months before his death. And he did not return them several months later when the bishop wanted them back. Not at all. Why did the man hailed as the father of India’s Constitution feel compelled to publicly disown it?The author warns against the deification of Ambedkar by the right and by political parties cynically seeking the Dalit vote
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