Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Essay

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is considered a hero by millions of Indias ladened OBCs (Other Backward orders or lowered clubs) and Dalits. He was Indias 20th cytosine crusader against the caste system. He was a statesman, national leader, and the chief designer of the Indian Constitution. Dr. Ambedkars thoughts and writings still have signifi lavatoryt captivate on the masses of Indians working to free themselves from Brahmanism (the caste system, as pass by the religion called Hinduism). Following be just a a couple of(prenominal) quotes from literally thousands of pages of Ambedkar speeches and writings.Speaking about the coming Indian independence from enceinte Britain, Ambedkar stated, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In administration we allow have equality, and in amicable and economic life we will have inequality. In politics we will be recognizing the principle of one-woman(prenominal) one vote and one vote one value. In our sociable and economic li fe, we shall by reason of our social and economic structure bear upon to deny the principle of one-man one value. How long shall we pass on to go through this life of contradictions? How long shall we continue to deny equality in our social and economic life? If we continue to deny it for long, we will do so only by putting our political democracy in peril. (p.295)whether variation can solve the problem of untouchability. The answer to that question is emphatically in the affirmative. (p.87) Hinduism is a religion which is non founded on morality. Whatever morality Hinduism has, it is not an underlying part of it. (p.257) I do not want to be misunderstood when I say that Brahmanism is an enemy which must be dealt with. By Brahmanism, I do not mean the power, privileges and interests of the Brahmins as a community. That is not the sense in which I am using the word. By Brahmanism, I mean the negation of the spirit of liberty, equality, and fraternity. In that sense, it is rampa nt in all classes and is not confined to the Brahmins alone, though they have been the originators of it. (p.88)Hinduism is not interested in the harsh man. Hinduism is not interested in society as a whole. The spirit of interest lies in a class, and its philosophy is concerned in sustaining and supporting(a) the rights of that class. That is why in the philosophy of Hinduism, the interests of the common man as swell as of society are denied, suppressed, and sacrificed to the interest of this class of Supermen (Brahmin). (p. 258)there can be no doubt that caste is one and an essential and integral part of HinduismA Hindu is as much born into caste as he is born in Hinduism. Indeed a soul cannot be born in Hinduism unless he is born in caste. Caste and Hinduism are inseparable. (p.259)The record of the Brahmins as law givers for the Shudras (OBCs), for the Untouchables (Dalits) and for women is the blackest as compared with the record of the knowing classes in other parts of th e world. For no intellectual class has prostituted its intelligence to invent a philosophy to keep its uneducated countrymen in a perpetual state of ignorance and poverty as the Brahmins have done in India. (p.259)Despite recent news telling us that India is surging anterior in mordernization and in economic and social gains, the current growth trends are touching, at most, fifteen percent of the Indian population. The vast mass of India remain unaffected by the current growth trends. These masses will continue to remain unaffected until the Kingdom of God comes and brings opportunity to the Indian majority (OBCs and Dalits).