As the Delhi Chief Minister sits on a dharna that threatens to disrupt the Republic Day celebrations, we revisit the famous speech in the Constituent Assembly before

BY Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar 19 January 2014

Were the Untouchables always Untouchables? Why should beef-eating give rise to Untouchability at a later stage? What is the cause of the nausea which the Hindus have against beef-eating? Ambedkar sought some answers in 1948 which might help in our un

BY Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar 21 October 2002

There was a time when the ancestors of the present day Untouchables were not Untouchables vis-a-vis the villagers but were merely Broken Men, no more and no less, and the only difference between them and the villagers was that they belonged to differ

BY Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar 21 October 2002

Contempt for Buddhists as the root of untouchability

BY Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar 21 October 2002