Annihilation of caste
| Title | Annihilation of caste
introd. w. the essay The Doctor And The Saint |
|---|---|
| Author | B. R. Ambedkar; ed. & annot. by S. Anand; Arundati Roy |
| Publication | Navayana |
| Size | 415p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 9788189059637 |
| Topics |
Castes--India Ambedkarism India--Social history Speeches |
| Notes | Annihilation of Caste is an undelivered speech written in 1936 by B. R. Ambedkar, an Indian politician who fought against the country's concept of untouchability. The speech was prepared as the presidential address for the annual conference of a Hindu reformist group Jat-Pat Todak Mandal, on the ill effects of caste in Hindu society. After his invitation to speak at the conference was withdrawn due to the address's "unbearable" content, Ambedkar self-published 1,500 copies of the speech in May 1936. Ambedkar criticised the Hindu caste system and its law books. He argued that inter-caste dining and inter-caste marriage is not sufficient to annihilate the caste system, but that "the real method of breaking up the Caste System was... to destroy the religious notions upon which caste is founded" [wikipedia] |
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