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B. R. Ambedkar : The Man Who Gave Hope to India's Dispossessed, Hardback Book

B. R. Ambedkar : The Man Who Gave Hope to India's Dispossessed Hardback

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A household name throughout India, B. R. Ambedkar is one of the country’s most important figures, second only to Mahatma Gandhi.

He played a major role in drafting the constitution for a newly independent India and led the fight against caste-based discrimination. Ambedkar was born into a Dalit caste (the so-called ‘untouchables’), but his academic brilliance saw him study at Columbia University and London School of Economics.

As a politician, he fought to overturn centuries of discrimination and promoted liberal constitutionalism in a traditionally illiberal society.

He did more than anyone to articulate a cogent and enduring case for the principles of democracy in a country emerging from imperial rule. This book is also a reminder of how far the practice of politics has strayed from the high standards Ambedkar set – of intellectual distinction, policy positions animated by serious scholarship, the infusion of moral values and the upholding of democracy for the many, not just the privileged few. -- .

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