by B R AMBEDKAR The imperial Romans flashed their sword both in the East and the West with different results. In the East ” they conquered the world only to give it to in the West however ” they either Romanised the races who were at first their subjects masters, or left those races to …
NOTES ON PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
by B. R Ambedkar Forms of Procedure are determined by functions of a body. The important functions of a Parliamentary Body are : (1) Power to express an opinion on and criticise any executive action. (2) Power to have Laws. (3) Power to provide money for carrying on the administration.
CASTES IN INDIA: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development
by B. R. Ambedkar Paper presented at an Anthropology Seminar taught by Dr. A. A. Goldenweizer Columbia University 9th May 1916. Text first printed in: Indian Antiquary Vol. XLI (May 1917) [1] Many of us, I dare say, have witnessed local, national or international expositions of material objects that make up the sum total of …
ANCIENT INDIAN COMMERCE
ANCIENT INDIAN COMMERCE COMMERCIAL RELATIONS OF INDIA IN THE MIDDLE EAST * The imperial Romans flashed their sword both in the East and the West with different results. In the East ” they conquered the world only to give it to ” *(……..) in the West however ” they either Romanised the races who …
Pride, awkwardness, and a dangerous accident in Chalisgaon
Waiting for a Visa : by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar In the year 1934, some of my co-workers in the movement of the depressed classes expressed a desire to go on a sight-seeing tour, if I agreed to join them. I agreed. It was decided that our plan should at all events include a visit …
Back from the west–and unable to find lodging in Baroda
Waiting for a Visa : by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar In 1916 I returned to India. I had been sent to America by His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda for higher education. I studied at Columbia University in New York from 1913 to 1917. In 1917 I came to London and joined the post-graduate department …
A childhood journey to Koregaon becomes a nightmare
Waiting for a Visa : by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Foreigners of course know of the existence of untouchability. But not being next door to it, so to say, they are unable to realise how oppressive it is in its actuality. It is difficult for them to understand how it is possible for a few …
From Millions to Fractions
[This is one of the essays written by Dr. Ambedkar, in his book “Essays on untouchables and untouchability”. The importance of this article is the freshness, which it brings to our mind. Even though the article was written about 70-80 years back, It shows how hindus have tried every trick, in thier power, to stop the …
Gandhism – the doom for untouchables
This is taken from the last chapter, chapter XI “Gandhism-the doom for untouchables” of the Book “What congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables” by Dr. Ambedkar. If there is an ‘ism’ which has made full use of religion as an opium to lull the people into false beliefs and false security, it is …