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Jaffrelot's biography of the great Indian politician B.R. Ambedkar is both an historical study and a document relevant to today's concerns, given the rising profile of Dalits politically and otherwise in modern India.
Contents
Maharashtra between social reform and anti-Brahmin mobilization; Ambedkar, son of a Mahar officer; conceptualizing caste the better to destroy it; contesting the political arena against Gandhi; in search of an electoral strategy; opposing power, or collaborating?; architect of the Indian constitution; conversion as a solution to Untouchability?; the legacy of Ambedkar.