Book Review | Was Ambedkar Gandhi’s best critic or worst?
2 years, 1 month ago

Book Review | Was Ambedkar Gandhi’s best critic or worst?

Deccan Chronicle  

We have in this book an ideal introduction to Bhim Rao Ambedkar’s life and politics. He shows the humiliation that Ambedkar had to go through at all stages of his life, from school to his first job in Baroda after he returned from the United States with a highly-rated doctorate in economics from the Columbia University and again as lecturer of economics in then Bombay’s Sydenham College. And his engagement with the arguments of American philosopher John Dewey, or Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci or British political theorist Harold Laski was serious, and he brought the finely hewed intellectual approach to the debates about the Constitution of India in the Constituent Assembly. Tharoor gives an admirable outline of the intellectual influences on Ambedkar, which would help the reader to appreciate much better the arguments of the man who is rightly respected but rarely understood. Ambedkar could have remained an ideal intellectual, teaching in a college or university and could have written incisive tomes on the history and economy of India.

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Rise & Rise of Ambedkar as an icon
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Rise & Rise of Ambedkar as an icon

New Indian Express  

The fracas over an insult to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar leading to fisticuffs between the members of the ruling coalition and the opposition within the parliament complex underlined two distinctive trends. Second, over the last few decades, Ambedkar has emerged as the only leader whom all political outfits - regional and national, cutting across ideological barriers - are competing to appropriate …

How Kejriwal's Ambedkar poser for Naidu-Nitish hits Modi govt where it hurts
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India Today  

Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal has written to Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, both crucial allies of the Narendra Modi government, to reflect on their continued support to the BJP despite Union home minister Amit Shah’s controversial remarks about B.R. Taking a swipe at the Opposition for frequently invoking Ambedkar to …

Neutralising Ambedkar: A Book Review of The Foresighted Ambedkar by Anurag Bhaskar
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Neutralising Ambedkar: A Book Review of The Foresighted Ambedkar by Anurag Bhaskar

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 06, 2024 19:28 IST - 12 MINS READ In The Foresighted Ambedkar: Ideas That Shaped Indian Constitutional Discourse, Anurag Bhaskar seeks to find a continuity between B.R. In a reflective moment, Ambedkar points to how members of the Constituent Assembly raised points that “were mostly ideological…but for them, I would not have had the opportunity which I …

Ashok Gopal – “For 10 years, I read only Ambedkar”
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ashok Gopal – “For 10 years, I read only Ambedkar”

Hindustan Times  

BR Ambedkar has left behind a vast body of work. The reader has to make a lot of effort to see connections between ideas expressed at different times, and if you don’t read Marathi, you will miss a substantial part of Ambedkar’s thoughts. Till I read Babasaheb, I didn’t have what he called a “philosophy of life” — like many …

67th Mahaparinirvan Diwas of Dr. Ambedkar observed in Kalaburagi
1 year ago

67th Mahaparinirvan Diwas of Dr. Ambedkar observed in Kalaburagi

The Hindu  

“The philosophy of B.R. Ambedkar to provide equal educational and employment opportunities for downtrodden sections in society will remain a dream unless the nation focuses towards achieving his vision,” said Panditaradhya Shivacharya swami of Hosadurga. Paying floral tribute to the Ambedkar Statue on 67th Mahaparinirvan Diwas of Dr. Ambedkar here in Kalaburagi on Wednesday the religious head said that the …

How Ambedkar and Gandhi's contrasting views paved way for caste reservation
1 year, 2 months ago

How Ambedkar and Gandhi's contrasting views paved way for caste reservation

India Today  

The caste survey released by the Bihar government has ignited a fresh debate on the caste-politics dynamics in India. Gandhi's unrelenting fast forced Ambedkar to bend and let go of his desire to have a separate electoral process for the depressed classes, Dalits in particular. However, Ambedkar also criticised Gandhi for his uncompromising stance against separate electorates, which he believed …

Ambedkar Jayanti: Remembering the social reformer beyond Constitution
1 year, 8 months ago

Ambedkar Jayanti: Remembering the social reformer beyond Constitution

Hindustan Times  

Popularly known as the father of the Indian Constitution, Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was a multifaceted personality whose contributions had impacts beyond the walls of the constituent assembly. Life struggles of Ambedkar Born on April 14, 1891, in Madhya Pradesh's Mhow, Ambedkar faced discriminations since childhood as he was born into a Mahar family which was considered as one of …

The Hindu on Books | Ambedkar biographies, Mughals in books, talking to Karan Thapar, Jeyamohan’s world view and more
1 year, 8 months ago

The Hindu on Books | Ambedkar biographies, Mughals in books, talking to Karan Thapar, Jeyamohan’s world view and more

The Hindu  

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. I spoke about such gaps to a few friends, and they suggested I should write about it.” Aakash Singh Rathore’s biography of Ambedkar aims to bring readers closer to Ambedkar’s experiences and personality, “to his life and times.” Syed Sayeed, a retired professor of philosophy, has written a new book, …

Ambedkar wanted an ethical base to democracy: Ashok Gopal
1 year, 8 months ago

Ambedkar wanted an ethical base to democracy: Ashok Gopal

The Hindu  

Ashok Gopal, a graduate in history, has been studying the life and thought of B.R. For his biography, he pored over the bulk of Ambedkar’s writings and speeches in Marathi and English, and also most of what the political leader and social reformer himself would have read. I started reading Ambedkar intensively around 2003 — my only objective then was …

Shashi Tharoor's Next A Biography On Dr Ambedkar
2 years, 3 months ago

Shashi Tharoor's Next A Biography On Dr Ambedkar

News 18  

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor recently announced that he will come out with a biography of BR Ambedkar next month. In “Ambedkar: A Life”, Tharoor will He also describes the many “humiliations and hurdles” Ambedkar had to overcome in a society that stigmatised the community he was born into, and the single-minded determination with which he overcame every obstacle he encountered, …

Gandhi is full of treachery and deceit, he is not a Mahatma': Read what Dr Ambedkar had said
2 years, 11 months ago

Gandhi is full of treachery and deceit, he is not a Mahatma': Read what Dr Ambedkar had said

Op India  

A lot of noise is being made over criticism of MK Gandhi after Kalicharan Maharaj’s recent speech at the Raipur Dharma Sansad. Secondly, I do not know what exactly people understand by the word Mahatma.” Excerpt from Is Gandhi A Mahatma?’ by Dr Ambedkar from ‘Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar – Writings and speeches volume 17 part II’ Source: mea.gov.in Explaining how …

Bhimrao Ambedkar Death Anniversary: Inspirational Quotes by the Father of Indian Constitution
4 years ago

Bhimrao Ambedkar Death Anniversary: Inspirational Quotes by the Father of Indian Constitution

News 18  

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar remains one of the most influential figures in India’s democracy. Popularly known as Babasaheb, Ambedkar donned several hats and contributed immensely towards shaping the first draft of the constitution. On the occasion of B R Ambedkar’s death anniversary, we take a look at some of his most inspiring quotes: – Humans are mortal. – Political tyranny is …

Relevance of Ambedkar
4 years, 1 month ago

Relevance of Ambedkar

The Hindu  

In the centenary year of his birth, Babasaheb Ambedkar stands taller than he ever did before his role in the struggle for a modern, new India gaining steadily in weight, stature and centrality at the expense of various other outstanding national figures who were contemporaries and opponents in the great battles of the freedom movement era. There may be various …

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