#Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

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B R Ambedkar Interview: भारत में लोकतंत्र को लेकर आंबेडकर ने सालों पहले क्या कहा था (BBC Hindi)

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B. R. Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956 - Wikipedia

19/04/2024, friday 19 april 2024, 09:26 p.m, indore, madhya pradesh, india.

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Even though I am not religious or don't believe in gods, he and I saw some things about why Buddhism was important. Yesterday in the classroom I studied Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru, and inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement after renouncing Hinduism. Ambedkar was born into a Mahar (dalit) caste, who were treated as untouchables and subjected to socio-economic discrimination. Although they attended school, Ambedkar and other untouchable children were segregated and given little attention or help by teachers. They were not allowed to sit inside the class. When they needed to drink water, someone from a higher caste had to pour that water from a height as they were not allowed to touch either the water or the vessel that contained it. This task was usually performed for the young Ambedkar by the school peon, and if the peon was not available then he had to go without water; he described the situation later in his writings as "No peon, No Water". He was required to sit on a gunny sack which he had to take home with him. In the early 1980s the Mahar community was believed to constitute about 9 percent of the total population of Maharashtra—by far the largest, most widespread, and most important of all the region’s officially designated Scheduled Castes (people of the lowest social class, who had been branded “untouchable” before the Constitution of 1949 outlawed discrimination against them).

Ambedkar's views on Communism were expressed in two 1956 texts, "Buddha or Karl Marx" and "Buddhism and Communism". He accepted the Marxist theory that the privileged few's exploitation of the masses perpetuated poverty and its issues. However, he did not see this exploitation as purely economic, theorizing that the cultural aspects of exploitation are as bad or worse than economic exploitation. In addition, he did not see economic relationships as the only important aspect of human life. He also saw Communists as willing to resort to any means to achieve proletarian revolution, including violence, while he himself saw democratic and peaceful measures as the best option for change. Ambedkar also opposed the Marxist idea of controlling all the means of production and ending private ownership of property: seeing the latter measure as not able to fix the problems of society. In addition, rather than advocating for the eventual annihilation of the state as Marxism does, Ambedkar believed in a classless society, but also believed the state would exist as long as society and that it should be active in development. But in the 1950s, in an interview he gave to BBC, he accepted that the current liberal democratic system will collapse and the alternative, as he thinks, "is some kind of communism".

That "he accepted that the current liberal democratic system will collapse and the alternative, as he thinks, is some kind of communism". This is why Israel doesn't give up for someone who wants to know about them why they're cruel. I didn't say the liberal democratic system is bad but see now in the present. For example, if the liberal democratic system is great. You can help India and the war should already stop. You don't have to understand them even if I still don't understand them but you should know about this. If you don't know, you will easily be deceived. Because this is the reason why universities(Europe is very serious about this. I know about this because I studied Petroleum economy subject.) must have law subjects to study. Please try to use the law for good rather than do bad politics.

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This was posted by me to a watch forum in March 2022. As with many of the posts that I made there, I have begun adding them to this Tumblr as a record of that time for me and of my wristwatch-related meanderings.

When a story is about something else, but a watch plays a very important role

In a very recent article in Wired, “Trapped in Silicon Valley’s Hidden Caste System,” an HMT (Hindustan Machine Tools) watch – a photo from the story is above – is described right out the gate and is referred to throughout. Here is the opening:

“SIDDHANT WAS 14 when he learned of the watch. His father, a low-wage worker on the Indian railway, was trying to save up for it, tucking away a few rupees when he could. Made of steel, the watch had in its dial a sketch of a portly man, his face framed by round glasses and his broad shoulders clad in a wide-lapelled jacket. It was his father’s hero, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the man most responsible for weakening the caste system’s grip on Indian society. After school, Siddhant liked to ride his bike down the crowded streets of Nagpur, India, past groups of kids playing cricket, to a squat concrete building where his father rented a modest office with his friends, all anti-caste activists. Inside, he’d find the men sitting in plastic chairs, swapping tales of their exploits with Ambedkar, surrounded by posters of the man and newspapers spilling off bookshelves. As he sat listening, Siddhant couldn’t help but notice as one friend and then another and a third appeared at the office with the watch strapped to their wrists. One day, Siddhant showed up on his bike and, to his immense surprise, saw on his father a different version of the watch. A gift from a big-shot friend, this one was comparatively luxe. Instead of the metal strap it had a leather band, and it was quartz, battery-powered rather than a windup. Siddhant couldn’t help but blurt out: “I want that watch!” Siddhant, like his father, is a Dalit, a member of the most oppressed caste in South Asia’s birth-based hierarchy. Even among Dalits, their family was especially poor. Siddhant sometimes spent his evenings crouched near the firepit where his family cooked their food, repairing his torn rubber sandals with a hot iron rod that melted the straps back onto the sole. Seeing his father’s watch, something clicked: This was a symbol of everything he was after—to be an elite, educated Dalit, just like Ambedkar. Siddhant’s father made him a deal. If Siddhant finished high school with first honors, he could have the watch. A year later, Siddhant came home brandishing his report card from the Maharashtra board of education: He’d done it. While his father, beaming, scanned the results, Siddhant grabbed the watch off a shelf and adjusted the strap to his wrist. Siddhant has worn the watch nearly every day since—while riding his bike 12 miles to college, while earning his first paycheck as an engineer, while getting married. When he flew across the Atlantic to start a tech career in the San Francisco Bay Area, he wore it. It was on his wrist when he interviewed for, and landed, the job that convinced him he might finally escape the orbital pull of India and his family’s multigenerational poverty: as a software engineer at Facebook, with an offer package that totaled almost $450,000.

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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, born on 14 April 1891 was a social reformer and a leader who dedicated his life in eliminating social inequality in India. He was the architect of the Constitution of India and India’s first law and justice minister after independence.

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Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar: A Champion of Social Justice and Democracy in India

On 14th April, we celebrate the birth anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, one of the greatest social reformers and political leaders of India. He was born in 1891 in the small town of Mhow in present-day Madhya Pradesh, and his contributions to the nation have left an indelible mark on its history. He was an advocate of social justice, equality, and democracy and played a significant role in shaping modern India. Every year Dr. Ambedkar’s birthday is celebrated to honor his legacy ad contributions to the nation.

Early Life and Education: Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar was born into a family of Dalits, who were considered untouchables in Indian society at the time. However, the despite facing discrimination and oppression from an early age, he was determined to overcome the odds and pursue his education. He completed his schooling at a mission school and went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Bombay. He went on to study law in the United States and the United Kingdom, becoming the first Dalit to earn a Doctorate degree in Economics from the prestigious London School of Economics.

Contribution to Indian Politics: Dr. Ambedkar was a key figure in Indian politics and played a significant role in the freedom struggle of India. He was a firm believer in democracy and social justice. He was also the chairman of the drafting committee that framed India’s Constitution. In addition, he was a champion of the rights of marginalized sections of society, including Dalits, women, and minorities.

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Contribution to Social Reforms: Dr. Ambedkar’s contribution to social reforms was immense. He was a vocal critic of the caste system, which he saw as a major obstacle to social progress and development. He worked tirelessly to eradicate the practice of untouchability and fought for the rights of the oppressed and marginalized sections of society. He founded the Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha in 1924, an organization that worked towards the upliftment of Dalits and other marginalized communities. He also started the Samaj Samata Sangh, a political party that focused on the empowerment of Dalits and other oppressed communities.

Legacy: Dr. Ambedkar’s legacy lives on to this day, and he is revered as a great social reformer and political leader. His contribution to India’s freedom struggle and his role in drafting the Constitution have been instrumental in shaping modern India.

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Conclusion: Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar was a visionary leader, a great social reformer, and an advocate of democracy and social justice. His legacy continues to inspire and guide social and political movements in India and around the world. As we celebrate his birth anniversary, let us remember his vision of a just and equitable society and work towards realizing it. We must strive to create a society free from discrimination and oppression and build a future that is true to his vision.

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Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar: The Architect of Modern India

Introduction Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, popularly known as Babasaheb, was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement. He was a jurist, economist, politician, and social reformer who played a vital role in shaping the modern Indian society. He is best known for his efforts towards the upliftment of the Dalits, who were considered untouchables in the caste-ridden Indian…

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Some quotes of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar from his 1940 book Pakistan or The Partition of India

“To the Muslims, a Hindu is a kafir, [an infidel according to Islamic belief]. A kafir is not worthy of respect. He is low-born and without status.”

“Islam divides as inexorably as it binds. Islam is a close corporation and the distinction that it makes between Muslims and non-Muslims is a very real, very positive and very alienating distinction. The brotherhood of Islam is not the universal brotherhood of man. It is the brotherhood of Muslims for Muslims only. There is a fraternity but its benefit is confined to those within that corporation. For those who are outside the corporation, there is nothing but contempt and enmity.”

“The [Muslim] invasions were accompanied with destruction of temples and forced conversions; with spoliation of property; [and] with slaughter, enslavement and abasement of men, women and children.”

“Like the Christians and Muslims in the Turkish Empire, the Hindus and Muslims of India have met as enemies on many [battle] fields, and the result of the struggle has often brought them into the relation of conquerors and conquered.”

“It should be admitted that every possible attempt to bring about union between Hindus and Muslims has been made and that all of them have failed.”

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TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2024 (SO FAR)

Honourable Mentions:

SOMEONE LIVES HERE

This one’s only an hour long but it delivers a powerful and frustrating documentary of a man trying to create homes for the unhoused.

Carpenter Khaleel Seivwright devotes his time to making small mobile shacks for the unhoused to live in, but he’s constantly undermined by Toronto city council that couldn’t care less about providing affordable housing.

It is maddening portrayal of shallow politicians that punishes those who try to help while offering no real solutions. There’s also hope in seeing a man go out of his way to help those in need.

10) ORIGIN

Real-life non-fiction author Isabel Wilkerson (Anjanae Ellis-Taylor) examines how social hierarchies are enforced in Origin, a compelling biopic about the making of Wilkerson’s acclaimed book Caste.

Drawing from the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin, both Wilkerson and writer/director Ava DuVernay introduces us to a series of real-life stories of oppression and defiance to showcase how systems are used to oppress marginalized groups. Among these stories are a German (Finn Wittrock) who refused to salute Hitler after falling for a Jewish girl, revelation of how America’s Jim Crow Laws inspired the holocaust and Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Gaurav J. Pathania) who defied his status as an “untouchable to draft India’s constitution. There are many uncomfortable scenes of innocent people being denied their basic humanity, especially one where a black boy is denied the use of the same pool as his teammates.

Origin is also a love story of Isabel grieving the loss of her husband (Jon Bernthal playing against type) as she continues her project. Bernthal shows his sweeter, sensitive side through flashbacks scenes with Ellis-Taylor. Ellis-Taylor also breaks your heart as Isabel mourns her loss.

This film a compelling drama that calls for recognizing other people’s humanity.

9) ROBOT DREAMS

Robot Dreams is one film nominated last year for Best Animated Feature hardly anyone got a chance to see. Now that it was release in select theatres, audience can see a beautiful tale of loneliness, friendship and drifting apart.

Based on the graphic novel by Sara Varon, Robot Dreams takes us into a 1980s New York full of anthropomorphic animals. A lonely Dog builds a robot friend, and they form a quick bond. It cultivates in an iconic early scene where they roller skate to the tune of Earth Wind and Fire’s “September”.

Writer/Director Pablo Berger makes us happy to see Robot and Dog together without one line of dialogue. It makes it more heartbreaking when Robot is left immobile and stranded on a closed beach and Dog is forced to wait half a year. Robot is left to dream about returning home to his only friend.

Writer/Director Pablo Berger proves himself a Master of Visual storytelling, getting a lot across without a single line of dialogue. It helps he has some top-notch animators communicate character’s thoughts and feelings through facial expressions. That animation also makes the background environment look beautiful, even though it’s portraying a grainy side of New York.

Berger balances style and substance for a visually pleasing but heartbreaking journey.

8) HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS

There are so many elements of this film that shouldn’t work. The film is a series of segments with very little connection between them. The special effects are extremely unconvincing with fake looking set pieces and awkward physics. All the animals are people in mascot costumes. These should be a put off for the average moviegoer. And yet director Mike Cheslik makes all those work to his advantage with Hundreds of Beavers, a cartoonish tribute to silent films and Looney Tunes.

Set in a winter wonderland of fur traders and gold prospectors, we follow Jean Kayak (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews), an alcoholic Applejack farmer who finds himself out of the job thanks to beavers. Now he finds himself trying to survive in the wilderness with many disastrous results. But he learns to survive with the guidance of a veteran fur trader (Wes Tank) and an Indigenous trapper (Luis Rico). But to earn the hand of a Furrier (Olivia Graves), he must get hundreds of furs for her merchant father (Doug Mancheski). This leads him to a one-man war with the titular beavers.

Cheslick delivers one side-splitting scene after another of Kayak’s disastrous attempts to trap prey, which often leaves him falling through rabbit holes. The fake looking special effects only add to the cartoonish tone, especially in one scene involving him in a log rolling war against a beaver. He also makes jokes that couldn’t get away with in the silent era including a reoccurring gag with trappers using very cartoon looking poo as beaver bait or Jean trying to trap rabbits with a female snow bunny only for it to be revealed the rabbits are gay.

The film doesn’t flow as much without a clear plot and the jokes don’t always knock it out of the park. But for most part, Hundreds of Beavers is a laugh riot.

7) FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

It’s a shame George Miller’s prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga bombed at the box office because it has the kind of grand set pieces and thrilling car chases that deserve to be seen in a theatre. this compelling post-apocalyptic flick about the titular warrior (Alyla Browne as a child, Anya Taylor-Joy as an adult) seeking vengeance on the chaotic Dr. Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) compliments its predecessor Mad Max: Fury Road with the mind-blowing action scenes, creative visuals and social commentary that made the earlier film such a modern classic.

Both Furiosa and Fury Road should be uses as examples on how tell story through action scenes. Except for the franchises’ trademark opening and closing voice over monologues, Miller avoids exposition in favour of using the extended action scenes to reveal character, show the world’s rules and further the plot. This demonstrates a lot of trust in the audience to figure out the world through image alone, especially when he has only one short scene to show us the green world Furiosa grew up in. Then again, he’s such a master filmmaker that he can reveal so much information just from a single shot.

It’s worth noting that Furiosa’s more story oriented than Fury Road, focusing on the tragedy of the life Furiosa’s lost, especially her mother. Also, you must admire Miller for daring to spend an hour on Furiosa as a child. Of course, it helps that he has Hemsworth having a blast hamming up every scene.

It doesn’t quite reach the level of Fury Road and the CGI isn’t quite as convincing as the original movie. But Miller still delivers an exciting thrill ride worthy of the iconic franchise.

6) AMERICAN FICTION

Frustrated with his work not getting published, surly literary professor Thelonius “Monk” Ellison (Jeffery Wright) decides to make a racially stereotypical “memoir” under the guise of gangster “Stagg R. Lee” in the scathing satire American Fiction.

Cord Jefferson deserves his Oscar win for his screenplay. From the opening scene of Monk arguing with a white student over him writing the N-word on a whiteboard (referring to the title of a short story), He delivers an amusing commentary about modern racism. At the film’s core, Jefferson goes after the media representation that puts Black America in a box of Black Oppression Porn under the guise of “being real.” While Monk can’t get his books on Greek mythology published but much to his chagrin, author Sinatrara Golden (Issa Rae) writes a bestselling novel “We’s Lives in Da Ghetto” full of racially stereotypical dialogue. Monk’s publishing agent sums it up when he states “White people think they want the truth, but they don’t. They want to be absolved.” In one funny scene, he berates a bookstore for putting his book in “African American Studies” when it’s about Greek Mythology (“The blackest thing in this book is the ink”)

American Fiction is also dramedy about Monk being forced to return to his family home and confront his complicated relationship with his family when his sister (Tracee Ellis Ross) passes away and he’s forced to care for their mother (Leslie Uggams). It’s here that he’s reconciles with his chaotic brother Clifford (scene-stealing Sterling K. Brown) and finds love with a new resident Coraline (Erika Alexander). Jefferson proves just as effective with family dramedy as he is with satire, balancing the comedic moments of Clifford berating a local for interrupting his sister’s memorial with the heavy moments of their mother’s struggles with Alzheimer’s.

Jefferson also deserves kudos for creating complex characters. While his frustrations with the popularity of oppression porn is understandable, Monk often comes off as a judgmental snob. He remains likeable thanks to Wright’s charismatic performance. Clifford seems high on life (and cocaine), but he hides the hurt of his mother not accepting his homosexuality. Brown gets to shine in a monologue about Clifford’s dad not knowing his true self.

Jefferson is a filmmaker worth looking into.

5) CHALLENGERS

Luca Guadagnino brings us another entry to a unique subgenre of erotic films about a love triangle between two male best friends and a woman. This time, it’s between three up and coming tennis players.

The film starts years later with former tennis star Tashi (Zendaya) serving as coach for her husband Art (Mike Faist) who’s struggling to break out of a losing streak. Meanwhile, their ex-friend Patrick (Josh O’Connor) is sleeping in his van while awaiting the upcoming tournament. It’s this tournament that this trio is forced to confront their relationships.

Through flashbacks, Guadagnino and writer Justin Kuritzkes reveal how they got here her from being a trio of promising players. They introduce little details like a scar on Tashi’s knee and a tennis pose Art and Patrick use to indicate who had sex with Tashi. From these details, Guadagnion and Kuritzkes reminds us of the curveballs life can throw at us and how the characters adapt to them (or don’t).

Zendaya, Faist and O’Connor have excellent chemistry, seductively bouncing off each other. They also masterfully handle the complicated turns their characters take in reconciling their feelings for each other.

Challengers delivers a sensual character study of three athletes with feelings for each other.

4) CIVIL WAR

Civil War follows disillusioned photojournalist Lee (Kirsten Dunst) as she joins 2 journalists (Wagner Moura and Stephen McKinley-Henderson) and an enthusiastic young up and coming photographer (Cailee Spaeny) on a road trip across the United States as a rebel militia battles the president of the United States.

Writer/Director Alex Garland keeps the audience hooked from beginning to end as he puts our heroes in one dangerous scenario after another from a sniper battle at a Santa Village to the climactic battle at the White House. The most iconic is an intense standoff with the scene stealing Jesse Plemons as a sociopathic militia.

Garland makes the bold move of not revealing what caused the war in the first place. You can figure it out through the subtle hints including the President being on his 4th term the fact Texas and California have seceded from the country. This choice works to put the audience in the perspective of a photojournalist, who are expected to be an inactive witness so they can present events factually. But the film shows how challenging that is when it involves witnessing horrifying moments of a man being set on fire and putting their lives in danger. You see this in Dunst’s performance, who conveys her character’s exhausted weariness through her face.

Alex Garland gives us an action-packed thriller cultivating with an exciting shootout.

3) PERFECT DAYS

It’s one hell of challenge to create an engaging film with no conflict. That’s what makes Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days such a miracle. The beloved director defies basic film convention to create a meditative look in the life of Hirayama (Koji Yakusho), a custodian who cleans publish washroom in Tokyo.

Perfect Days has no true storyline. The closest thing to a plot happens when Hirayama’s niece shows up out of nowhere to stay with him but that happens way late in the film and gets resolved quickly. For the most part, Wenders focuses on the Hirayama’s routine days both at work and his personal life. It sounds like a boring movie, but Wenders uses those routines to create a sense of rhythm. It’s strange how reassuring to see Hirayama drinking a can of coffee every morning, sitting at a park bench for lunch and listen to his cassettes. That makes the breaks from routines more engaging, especially when Hirayama plays tic tac toe with a stranger.

At the core is Hirayama’s appreciation of the little things in life. You can appreciate how director of photography Franz Lustig makes Tokyo look so beautiful, even while Hirayama is cleaning toilets. Lustig also gets to shine in the brief black and white dreams that concludes each day. Wenders creates a meditative flick that makes you investigate the beauty within your everyday life.

2) THE TASTE OF THINGS

Vietnamese filmmaker Anh Hung Tran puts the viewer under a culinary spell in his French romance The Taste of Things. He adapts Marcel Rouff’s novel “La Vie Et La Passion De Bodin-Bouffant” about a beloved gourmet chef (Benoit Magimel) who decides to cook a special meal for his home cook (Juliette Binoche) when she falls ill. Tran and his director of photography Jonathan Ricquebourg leave audiences’ ravenous with long, beautiful scenes of cooking a variety of exquisite dishes. It’s best to eat before you watch.

The Taste of Things could also be regarded as a celebration of veteran French actors Magimel and Binoche who both delivered dignified yet loving chemistry, making us feel the unrequited love these two have for each other. It’s made more fascinating when it’s revealed he’s been proposing to her for 20 years to no avail. So, the climatic works both as an expression of his love and a show of appreciation for all she has done for her. There’s also a bit of tragedy given that she might not have much time left. You want them to get together.

It’s a perfect film for date night.

1) DUNE: PART 2

Denis Villeneuve creates one of those rare sequels that stands as a masterpiece that compliments the first film (and in some opinions, surpasses the original). It maintains the mind-blowing visuals, Game of thrones-like political intrigue and excellent performances that made its predecessor a hit.

The sequel has hero Paul Atredies (Timothee Chalamet) assimilating himself into the Fremen tribes to bring down the ruthless Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarskgard) and the emperor (Christopher Walken) while his mother Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) works behind the scenes to convince the tribesmen that her son is the prophesized messiah.

Dune: Part 2 puts the audience under its spell with Greg Fraser’s mind-blowing cinematography making the desert and the emperor’s kingdom dazzlingly real. They get to shine in the scenes in the Harroken kingdom, a cold world where the outside drains the world of all colour.

The film introduces us to new characters including The Emperor and his strategic daughter Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh). But it’s Austin Butler who stands out as the Baron’s sociopathic nephew Feyd-Rautha. Butler oozes menace with his cold stare, hairless figure, and raspy voice, especially when he mutilates a mistress just to test his knives.

What truly makes both Frank Herbert’s book and Villeneuve’s adaptations so special is how they deconstruct both the Chosen One archetype and white savior storyline. Throughout the film, Lady Jessica manipulates the Fremen people into thinking her son’s a prophet, a role Paul doesn’t want. Meanwhile, Chani (Zendaya) remains skeptical of the prophesy and calls out her father (Javier Bardem) for blindly believing it. Apparently, Herbert takes this deconstruction a step further in Dune: Messiah which will conclude the trilogy.

Villeneuve again proves himself truly cinematic storyteller with a uniquely epic style that elevates complex stories.

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Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, whose full name was Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, was a prominent Indian jurist, social reformer, economist, and politician. He was born on April 14, 1891, in the town of Mhow in the Central Provinces (now in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh). Ambedkar was born into a Dalit family, historically marginalized within the caste system in India, which deeply influenced his life's work.

Here's a brief overview of his life and contributions:

Education: Despite facing discrimination and social barriers due to his caste, Ambedkar managed to pursue education with determination. He obtained his undergraduate degree in economics and political science from Bombay University and went on to complete his master's degree in economics and his D.Sc. in economics from the University of London. Later, he also earned a law degree from the London School of Economics.

Social Reformer: Throughout his life, Ambedkar fought against social discrimination and caste-based inequalities in India. He worked tirelessly to uplift the Dalit community, advocating for their rights and dignity. He was a staunch supporter of social justice and equality for all.

Contribution to Indian Constitution: Ambedkar played a pivotal role in the drafting of the Indian Constitution. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee and is often referred to as the "Architect of the Indian Constitution." His vision for a democratic and inclusive society is reflected in the principles enshrined in the constitution.

Political Career: Ambedkar was also a prominent political leader. He served as India's first Minister of Law and Justice in the newly independent country's first cabinet. He also held other ministerial positions, including Minister of Labour and Principal Architect of the Constitution. He was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.

Advocacy for Dalits and Marginalized Groups: Ambedkar dedicated his life to the upliftment of marginalized communities, particularly Dalits. He fought for their social, economic, and political rights, advocating for measures such as reservations in education and employment to address historical injustices.

Conversion to Buddhism: In 1956, Ambedkar publicly converted to Buddhism along with thousands of his followers, rejecting the caste system and embracing Buddhism as a path to equality and social justice. This event is known as the "Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din" or the "Conversion to Buddhism Day."

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar passed away on December 6, 1956, but his legacy continues to inspire movements for social justice and equality in India and beyond. He is widely revered as one of the greatest social reformers and political leaders in Indian history. His birthday, April 14th, is celebrated as "Ambedkar Jayanti" in India, honoring his contributions to the nation.

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The Inspiring Journey of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: From Untouchability to India's Constitution

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, popularly known as Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, was a remarkable figure who played a pivotal role in shaping modern India. His journey from the depths of untouchability to becoming the chief architect of India's constitution is an awe-inspiring tale of determination, resilience, and intellectual prowess.

Early Life and Struggles

Born into a Dalit family in 1891, Dr. Ambedkar faced the harsh realities of caste discrimination from a young age. As an untouchable, he was subjected to social exclusion, denied access to basic amenities, and faced immense humiliation. However, his indomitable spirit and thirst for knowledge propelled him forward.

Driven by his passion for education, Dr. Ambedkar pursued higher studies against all odds. He became the first person from his community to graduate from college, earning degrees in economics and law. Throughout his academic journey, he experienced firsthand the systemic bias and prejudice against the marginalized sections of society.

With an unwavering commitment to fighting for social justice, Dr. Ambedkar dedicated his life to eradicating caste-based discrimination and uplifting the oppressed. He spearheaded various movements, advocating for equal rights, access to education, and dignified living conditions for Dalits.

Role in India's Constitution

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's most significant contribution came in the form of his instrumental role in drafting the Indian Constitution. As the chairman of the drafting committee, he ensured that the constitutional framework reflected the principles of equality, justice, and inclusivity. His visionary ideas laid the foundation for a democratic and egalitarian India.

Ambedkar's tireless efforts led to the inclusion of fundamental rights, abolition of untouchability, reservation policies, and safeguards for marginalized communities in the constitution. His foresight and commitment to social reform have had a lasting impact on the nation, empowering millions and challenging deep-rooted prejudices.

Legacy and Inspiration

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's legacy continues to inspire generations. His remarkable journey from being an outcast to the architect of India's constitution serves as a beacon of hope for all those who face discrimination and oppression.

Ambedkar's teachings emphasize the importance of education, self-empowerment, and collective struggle to bring about social change. His vision of an egalitarian society remains relevant today as India strives to overcome its social inequalities.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's inspiring journey from untouchability to shaping India's constitution is a testament to the power of resilience and determination. His unwavering commitment to social justice and equality continues to inspire people around the world. Read more: https://sumangodanu.com/

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Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development

Book by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

if Hindus migrate to other regions on earth, Indian caste would become a problem.

To say that individuals make up society is trivial; society is always composed of classes.

Every country has its law-giver, who arises as an incarnation (avatar) in times of emergency to set right a sinning humanity and give it the laws of justice and morality.

Castes have no mercy for a sinner who has the courage to violate the code. The penalty is excommunication and the result is a new caste.

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🇮🇳Celebrating, 73rd CONSTITUTION DAY OF INDIA.🇮🇳 Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is known as the father of the Indian Constitution. He was the then Law Minister who introduced the final draft of the Constitution in the Constituent Assembly. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar played a key role in the making of our Constitution.

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Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, commonly known as B.R. Ambedkar, is a towering figure in Indian history, renowned as a social reformer, economist, and the principal architect of the Indian Constitution. Born on April 14, 1891, in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, Ambedkar faced systemic discrimination from a young age due to his status as a member of the Dalit community.