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Annihilation of Caste is an undelivered speech written by B. R. Ambedkar in 1936. The speech was intended to be delivered at an anti-caste convention held in Lahore by Hindu reformers. However, upon reviewing the written speech, the conference organizers deemed it too controversial, and subsequently revoked Ambedkar's invitation to the conference.
In The New Indian Express, reviewer Madhulika Liddle wrote: "As Roy explains in the preface to this book, The Doctor and the Saint looks at the practice of caste in India, through the prism of the present as well as the past.” [3]
A Sudra by caste, he articulated the voices of the marginalized through works written in the vernacular language. His major works, the Odia Mahabharata, the Bilanka Ramayana and Chandi Purana focused on contemporary issues and everyday experiences, serving as a critique of the dominance of Sanskrit in literature and its emphasis on royal ...
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
They argued that Arundhati Roy had misrepresented Ambedkar's views on eugenics, tribal issues, capitalism, among other issues, for marketing purposes. At the time, Dalit Camera released interviews on their YouTube channel and an open letter to Arundhati Roy, [ 10 ] clarifying rumours that threats from Dalit activists had been the reason for the ...
Booker Prize-winning Indian author Arundhati Roy could be prosecuted for allegedly seditious comments made over a decade ago, after a top official in Delhi said there was enough evidence to lay ...
He has also annotated Ambedkar's classic Annihilation of Caste; the annotated edition has an introductory essay by Arundhati Roy titled "The Doctor and the Saint". [7] He co-authored Finding My Way with the Pradhan Gond artist Venkat Raman Singh Shyam. [8] He is a student of Dhrupad with Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar. [9]
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