On October 13, 1935, B.R. In the first English-language biography of Ambedkar, Dr Ambedkar: Life and Mission, by Dhananjay Keer, a prolific biographer based in Mumbai, the statement is reported as: ‘I will not die a Hindu’. Nevertheless, as his work was the only book on Ambedkar in English for several decades, ‘I will not die a Hindu’ has been …
A nine-year-old Dalit boy's death in Rajasthan after his teacher assaulted him for drinking water from a source allegedly not meant for him has led to public outrage and the opposition BJP’s attacks on the ruling Congress. THE BRITISH AND ‘HARIJAN’ VS ‘DALIT’ The British brought their idea of census to India and the requirement for people to name their …
It is characteristic of upstarts andsocial climbers to drop names. This was in reference to Congress president Sitaram Kesri’s jibe that the BJP was trying to “hijack” Gandhi. If we understand the old basis of nationalism, then it will be clear that it is nothing but Hinduism.” The Times of India noted editorially on October 17, 1989: “Mr Advani, while …
