MASTERING BABASAHEB (VOLUME 3)

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Publisher : COLLECTED WORKS OF DR. AMBEDKAR
ISBN 13 : 9789356275096
Total Pages : 364 pages
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Download or read book MASTERING BABASAHEB (VOLUME 3) written by B. R. Ambedkar and published by COLLECTED WORKS OF DR. AMBEDKAR. This book was released on 2022-04-30 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My desire is indeed grand. It is to make my people embrace not just the colossal admiration for Babasaheb but also the indomitable thoughts of the same learned Doctor. It is to make my people turn the entire pages of 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches' (BAWS). To turn the pages first; to understand his thoughts next; and eventually to embrace his path after self-contemplation. It is possible to limit the selected writings and speeches of Babasaheb to a single book. Such attempts have already been effectively accomplished by many. But still such compilations have compelled the editors to leave out the corpus of high standard of arguments placed by Dr. Ambedkar on various subjects. Hence, I decided not to pick and choose among his best. Rather I have followed a stern approach of sequencing all his thoughts and arguments as it appears in each Volume of BAWS and this has inevitably led to a book series. However, I have intruded in one aspect and that is to shuffle the order of the 17 Volumes while compiling. I have done this keeping one eye on the precedence while presenting his works and the other eye on the theme. As a result, this book which is the third of 'Mastering Babasaheb' is a compilation of Part I, II and III of Volume 17 of BAWS respectively. The texts about the event, place, date and year with regard to the speeches found in the 3 parts of Volume 17 have not been 'completely' included in this compilation. Since this Book Series should be treated as a revision material I have taken the liberty to leave out such details in order to better highlight the significant portions of Babasaheb's Writings and Speeches. Curious readers interested in understanding the complete context can make use of the end notes to trace the complete texts as found in BAWS. Nonetheless, a glimpse of important dates highlighted throughout the book as well as in end notes would assist in understanding the turn out of events. For example, Section II (Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on Cabinet Mission And Transfer of Power ) as found in Volume 17(II) reveals in timeline about the relentless struggle of Babasaheb in securing separate political representation for the Depressed Classes when India was on the verge of attaining Independence. Some parts of the BAWS traces its source to the books authored by Dhananjay Keer and Khairmode. The readers should take note of them by referring to the end notes. Equally, I encourage due attention to be given to the Appendix which is not included in this compilation but can be found in BAWS. While I am confident that 'Mastering Babasaheb' would acquaint the readers with the complete works of Dr. Ambedkar I earnestly hope that this compilation would hold my people and lead them to that grand desire of turning the entire pages of 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches'- to turn the pages first; to understand his thoughts next; and eventually to embrace his path after self-contemplation. The compilation of 'Mastering Babasaheb' was done by A.B. Karl Marx Siddharthar. He is the author of 'UNCASTE' otherwise subtitled as 'Understanding Unmarriageability: The Way Forward To Annihilate Caste'.

MASTERING BABASAHEB (VOLUME 2)

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Publisher : COLLECTED WORKS OF DR. AMBEDKAR
ISBN 13 : 9789356207073
Total Pages : 356 pages
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Download or read book MASTERING BABASAHEB (VOLUME 2) written by B. R. Ambedkar and published by COLLECTED WORKS OF DR. AMBEDKAR. This book was released on 2022-04-30 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My desire is indeed grand. It is to make my people embrace not just the colossal admiration for Babasaheb but also the indomitable thoughts of the same learned Doctor. It is to make my people turn the entire pages of 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches' (BAWS). To turn the pages first; to understand his thoughts next; and eventually to embrace his path after self-contemplation. It is possible to limit the selected writings and speeches of Babasaheb to a single book. Such attempts have already been effectively accomplished by many. But still such compilations have compelled the editors to leave out the corpus of high standard of arguments placed by Dr. Ambedkar on various subjects. Hence, I decided not to pick and choose among his best. Rather I have followed a stern approach of sequencing all his thoughts and arguments as it appears in each Volume of BAWS and this has inevitably led to a book series. However, I have intruded in one aspect and that is to shuffle the order of the 17 Volumes while compiling. I have done this keeping one eye on the precedence while presenting his works and the other eye on the theme. As a result, this book which is the second of 'Mastering Babasaheb' is a compilation of Volume 3 and 4 of BAWS respectively. To the Communists and the Rationalists who are attracted to the idea of destruction of all the religions, 'Philosophy of Hinduism' as found in Volume 3 would undoubtedly compel them to rethink about the significance of religion via a different angle of vision. 'Riddles in Hinduism' i.e. Volume 4 of BAWS includes in it numerous texts from Hindu religious literatures. Since the present compilation is intended to serve mainly as a revision material, these religious texts as quoted by Babasaheb have all been excluded from this book. This has been primarily done to deter the readers in not losing track of the main argument about the riddles as made by Babasaheb. Inquisitive readers interested in familiarizing themselves with the Hindu texts as dealt in the Riddles should readily resort to BAWS. We have witnessed many decades during which the writings of Babasaheb were suppressed and kept away from the Public's knowledge. But the previous and the present decade have become darker. We live in a time where not only Dr.Ambedkar is being appropriated by the anti-democratic forces but also, Buddha- whom Babasaheb himself considered as his master, is being misinterpreted and misrepresented. The readers have to be wary of this ideological appropriation. Because, our foundation is not only made of Intellectual Prowess of Dr.Ambedkar but also of the Noble Teachings of Buddha, the foremost Social Reformer. The harangue placed by Babasaheb against Hinduism and his conviction in embracing Buddhism as the way for emancipation should be rightly understood by the masses- especially the young generation. There can be no doubt that the present compilation of Volume 3 and 4 of BAWS is bound to achieve this purpose. While I am confident that 'Mastering Babasaheb' would acquaint the readers with the complete works of Dr. Ambedkar I earnestly hope that this compilation would hold my people and lead them to that grand desire of turning the entire pages of 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches'- to turn the pages first; to understand his thoughts next; and eventually to embrace his path after self-contemplation. The compilation of 'Mastering Babasaheb' was done by A.B. Karl Marx Siddharthar. He is the author of 'UNCASTE' otherwise subtitled as 'Understanding Unmarriageability: The Way Forward To Annihilate Caste'.

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

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Total Pages : 632 pages
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The Buddha and His Dhamma

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199088284
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Download or read book The Buddha and His Dhamma written by B.R. Ambedkar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Buddha and His Dhamma was B.R. Ambedkar's last work. Published posthumously, it presented a radical reorientation of Buddhist thought and literature, aptly called navayana. It deals with Ambedkar's conceptualization of Buddhism and the possibilities it offered for liberation and upliftment of the Dalits. It presents his reflections on the life of the Buddha, his teachings, and the spread of Buddhism by interweaving anecdotes with detailed analyses of the religion's basic tenets. The author also includes important elements of the Buddhist canon and tradition to make the teachings more accessible. In the first critical and annotated edition of this work, the editors address the on-going debate on Ambedkar's interpretation of the Buddha's dhamma by focusing on the accuracy of his citations and providing missing sources. They also discuss Ambedkar's modification of source materials. The introduction contextualizes the scholarly work related to the text.

Annihilation of Caste

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Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 178168832X
Total Pages : 391 pages
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Download or read book Annihilation of Caste written by B.R. Ambedkar and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “What the Communist Manifesto is to the capitalist world, Annihilation of Caste is to India.” —Anand Teltumbde, author of The Persistence of Caste The classic work of Indian Dalit politics, reframed with an extensive introduction by Arundathi Roy B.R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste is one of the most important, yet neglected, works of political writing from India. Written in 1936, it is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and its caste system. Ambedkar – a figure like W.E.B. Du Bois – offers a scholarly critique of Hindu scriptures, scriptures that sanction a rigidly hierarchical and iniquitous social system. The world’s best-known Hindu, Mahatma Gandhi, responded publicly to the provocation. The hatchet was never buried. Arundhati Roy introduces this extensively annotated edition of Annihilation of Caste in “The Doctor and the Saint,” examining the persistence of caste in modern India, and how the conflict between Ambedkar and Gandhi continues to resonate. Roy takes us to the beginning of Gandhi’s political career in South Africa, where his views on race, caste and imperialism were shaped. She tracks Ambedkar’s emergence as a major political figure in the national movement, and shows how his scholarship and intelligence illuminated a political struggle beset by sectarianism and obscurantism. Roy breathes new life into Ambedkar’s anti-caste utopia, and says that without a Dalit revolution, India will continue to be hobbled by systemic inequality.

Shri Sai Satcharita

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Publisher : Sterling Publishers Pvt., Limited
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Total Pages : 918 pages
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Who Were the Shudras?

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Download or read book Who Were the Shudras? written by Bhimrao Ambedkar and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2023-03-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who Were the Shudras? 1946 book by Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar on the history of the Shudra (lowest) Varna of the Indian caste system. The book is dedicated to Jyotirao Phule and seeks to dispel the idea that in India, Shudras are an untouchable caste. Ambedkar references Indian texts such as The Vedas and Mahabharata, among others, to suggest that the Shudras were really Aryan rulers who were demoted to a lower caste after a protracted struggle with the Brahmans. Ambedkar also analyses the Aryan race theory and disagrees with the widely accepted Indo-Aryan migration narrative in the history of the race. The book debunks beliefs and ideas and aims to foster compassion for a caste in India that is misunderstood and mistreated.

Buddha or Karl Marx

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Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book Buddha or Karl Marx written by Dr B.R. Ambedkar and published by Ssoft Group, INDIA. This book was released on 2014-08-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparison between Karl Marx and Buddha may be regarded as a joke. There need be no surprise in this. Marx and Buddha are divided by 2381 years. Buddha was born in 563 BC and Karl Marx in 1818 AD Karl Marx is supposed to be the architect of a new ideology-polity a new Economic system. The Buddha on the other hand is believed to be no more than the founder of a religion, which has no relation to politics or economics. Please give us your feedback : www.facebook.com/syag21 Your opinion is very important to us. We appreciate your feedback and will use it to evaluate changes and make improvements in our book.

Philosophy of Hinduism

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ISBN 13 : 9781723866852
Total Pages : 82 pages
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Download or read book Philosophy of Hinduism written by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambedkar was a prolific student, earning doctorates in economics from both Columbia University and the London School of Economics, and gained a reputation as a scholar for his research in law, economics and political science.[11] In his early career he was an economist, professor, and lawyer. His later life was marked by his political activities; he became involved in campaigning and negotiations for India's independence, publishing journals, advocating political rights and social freedom for Dalits, and contributing significantly to the establishment of the state of India. In 1956 he converted to Buddhism, initiating mass conversions of Dalits.

World Literature for the Wretched of the Earth

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Publisher : Fordham University Press
ISBN 13 : 0823289826
Total Pages : 208 pages
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Download or read book World Literature for the Wretched of the Earth written by J. Daniel Elam and published by Fordham University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Literature for the Wretched of the Earth recovers a genealogy of anticolonial thought that advocated collective inexpertise, unknowing, and unrecognizability. Early-twentieth-century anticolonial thinkers endeavored to imagine a world emancipated from colonial rule, but it was a world they knew they would likely not live to see. Written in exile, in abjection, or in the face of death, anticolonial thought could not afford to base its politics on the hope of eventual success, mastery, or national sovereignty. J. Daniel Elam shows how anticolonial thinkers theorized inconsequential practices of egalitarianism in the service of an impossibility: a world without colonialism. Framed by a suggestive reading of the surprising affinities between Frantz Fanon’s political writings and Erich Auerbach’s philological project, World Literature for the Wretched of the Earth foregrounds anticolonial theories of reading and critique in the writing of Lala Har Dayal, B. R. Ambedkar, M. K. Gandhi, and Bhagat Singh. These anticolonial activists theorized reading not as a way to cultivate mastery and expertise but as a way, rather, to disavow mastery altogether. To become or remain an inexpert reader, divesting oneself of authorial claims, was to fundamentally challenge the logic of the British Empire and European fascism, which prized self-mastery, authority, and national sovereignty. Bringing together the histories of comparative literature and anticolonial thought, Elam demonstrates how these early-twentieth-century theories of reading force us to reconsider the commitments of humanistic critique and egalitarian politics in the still-colonial present.

EMULATING DR. AMBEDKAR

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ISBN 13 : 9789354265624
Total Pages : 94 pages
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Download or read book EMULATING DR. AMBEDKAR written by B. R. Ambedkar and published by A.B.Karl Marx Siddharthar. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us would not hesitate to presume that the thinking language of Dr. Ambedkar was English. Besides his towering intellect and eminent leadership, his mastery in English was an important force wielding which he was able to win rights for the Depressed Classes (i.e the Unmarriageables). 'Emulating Dr. Ambedkar' is an attempt to celebrate his command over this vocabulary-rich beautiful language which is dominant as ever in the international discourses. In this compilation drawn from Volume 1, 5 and 9 of 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches' (BAWS), even some simple sentences have been accommodated in order to enable the readers to hunt and equip themselves with the writing style of the learned Doctor. We need to consciously seek the alternate words preferred by Babasaheb in the place of mundane substitutes that we routinely use. It is desired that the readers not only imbibe the manner of usage of words so typical of Doctor but also draw lessons from his arguing style and submission of statements. The remarks made by him while submitting his own arguments or while destroying the contention of his opponents are especially noteworthy. These remarks, on many instance, illuminates the structure and the nature of arguments made by him and others. Dr. Ambedkar also had the trait to alarm the audience or readers if his speeches or writings happened to be too long or tiring or straightforward or even harsh. How he had used idioms and phrases is undoubtedly astounding. Some of his own phrases should be rightly construed as a warning or advice to the Unmarriageables. Though there is a separate book series titled 'Mastering Babasaheb: Essential Thoughts of Dr. Ambedkar' that has been made available to the readers, a glimpse of his thoughts are scattered in this compilation too. Collection of words used by the Doctor is presented on the back cover of the book itself and in it there is a miniscule addition of words used by others but quoted in BAWS. This has been included to enable the readers to engage with BAWS effectively. It is earnestly desired that this compilation would inspire the Unmarriageables not only to acquire mastery in English but to also inculcate it as their thinking language. The compilation of 'Emulating Dr. Ambedkar' was done by A.B. Karl Marx Siddharthar. He is the author of 'UNCASTE' otherwise subtitled as 'Understanding Unmarriageability: The Way Forward To Annihilate Caste'.

The Problem of the Rupee

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Total Pages : 368 pages
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Download or read book The Problem of the Rupee written by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Ancient India

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ISBN 13 : 9781729025352
Total Pages : 253 pages
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Download or read book Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Ancient India written by Bhimrao Ambedkar and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-20 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, popularly known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination towards Untouchables, while also supporting the rights of women and labour.

The Essential Writings of B.R. Ambedkar

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ISBN 13 : 9780195670554
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Download or read book The Essential Writings of B.R. Ambedkar written by Valerian Rodrigues and published by OUP India. This book was released on 2004-09-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956) is both the towering symbol of protest against age-old and contemporary forms of exploitation in India and a scholar-sage proposing fair terms of social association. An untouchable himself, he led a resolute and adroit struggle against untouchability and attempted to reformulate the terms of nationalist discourse in India. This selection draws from his major works, speeches, letters and memoranda.

Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism

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Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789125812
Total Pages : 542 pages
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Download or read book Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism written by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “THE aim of this book is to set forth as simply as possible the Gospel of Buddhism according to the Buddhist scriptures, and to consider the Buddhist systems in relation, on the one hand, to the Brahmanical systems in which they originate, and, on the other hand, to those systems of Christian mysticism which afford the nearest analogies. At the same time the endeavour has been made to illustrate the part which Buddhist thought has played in the whole development of Asiatic culture, and to suggest a part of the significance it may still possess for modern thinkers. “The way of the Buddha is not, indeed, concerned directly with the order of the world, for it calls on higher men to leave the marketplace. But the order of the world can only be established on a foundation of knowledge: every evil is ultimately traceable to ignorance. It is necessary, then, to recognize the world for what it truly is. Gautama teaches us that the marks of this life are imperfection, transcience, and the absence of any changeless individuality. He sets before us a summum bonum closely akin to the Christian mystic conception of ‘self-naughting.’ Here are definite statements which must be either true or false, and a clearly defined goal which we must either accept or refuse. If the statements be false, and if the goal be worthless, it is of the highest importance that the former should be refuted and the latter discredited. But if the diagnosis be correct and the aim worthy, it is at least of equal importance that this should be generally recognized: for we cannot wish to perpetuate as the basis of our sociology a view of life that is demonstrably false or a purpose demonstrably contrary to our conception of the good. “This book is designed, therefore, not as an addition to our already overburdened libraries of information, but as a definite contribution to the philosophy of life.”—Ananada K. Coomaraswamy

A Dictionary of the Pali Language

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Riddles in Hinduism

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Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781720165934
Total Pages : 280 pages
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Download or read book Riddles in Hinduism written by Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09-08 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambedkar was a prolific student, earning doctorates in economics from both Columbia University and the London School of Economics, and gained a reputation as a scholar for his research in law, economics and political science. In his early career he was an economist, professor, and lawyer. His later life was marked by his political activities; he became involved in campaigning and negotiations for India's independence, publishing journals, advocating political rights and social freedom for Dalits, and contributing significantly to the establishment of the state of India. In 1956 he converted to Buddhism, initiating mass conversions of Dalits.