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A review by gajeam
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. Ambedkar
4.0
Gandhi was a political genius and Ambedkar was an academic one. Gandhi was a rich man who grew up to simulate poverty, Ambedkar was a dirt poor Untouchable who grew up to wear a three-piece suit and write the Indian constitution. Guess which one we remember? Hint: he's also the one with some sketchy segregationist politics.
Roy’s intro and Ambedkar’s speech definitively show that caste, in particular untouchability, is one of the most nefarious institutions in the world today. This is a good primer for the curious but largely ignorant Western reader (like myself), though Roy in particular has a few piles of Hindi proper nouns that can be confusing.
Roy’s intro and Ambedkar’s speech definitively show that caste, in particular untouchability, is one of the most nefarious institutions in the world today. This is a good primer for the curious but largely ignorant Western reader (like myself), though Roy in particular has a few piles of Hindi proper nouns that can be confusing.