For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Anoop Kumar [Round Table India shall be publishing his notes and posts in social media on the issue of Arundhati Roy ‘introducing’ Babasaheb Ambedkar’s ‘Annihilation of Caste’ in a new edition of the book. Please read his earlier “Misogynistic and Xenophobic Rants”, as some savarna academic researchers dubbed them.] The Mandal may be asked …
Transcribed by: Prakash Holayar, Chamarajanagar Dr Ambedkar was extensively interviewed by the BBC radio in New Delhi in 1955 on a range of topics including his memories of Gandhi, Round Table Conferences, Poona Pact and how political independence was obtained. A portion of the interview related to the famous Poona Pact, transcribed (as faithfully as …
Gail Omvedt (First published in May, 2002) The publication of a collection of English translations of the writings of Jotirao Phule, the nineteenth century social radical, by LeftWord publications marks, hopefully, a transition in the attitude of the left towards the struggle against Brahmanism. It also marks an increasing recognition of the importance of Phule, …