B. R. Ambedkar - The Man Who Gave Hope to India''s Dispossessed

A household name throughout India, B. R. Ambedkar is one of the country's most important figures, second only to Mahatma Gandhi. He played a major role in drafting the constitution for a newly independent India and led the fight against caste-based discrimination.Ambedkar was born into a Dalit caste (the so-called 'untouchables'), but his academic brilliance saw him study at Columbia University and London School of Economics. As a politician, he fought to overturn centuries of discrimination and promoted liberal constitutionalism in a traditionally illiberal society. He did more than anyone to articulate a cogent and enduring case for the principles of democracy in a country emerging from imperial rule.This book is also a reminder of how far the practice of politics has strayed from the high standards Ambedkar set - of intellectual distinction, policy positions animated by serious scholarship, the infusion of moral values and the upholding of democracy for the many, not just the privileged few.

Product details

• Authors: Shashi Tharoor, Tharoor Shashi
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.06.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9781526164308
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6430-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Global Icons
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, India, Asian History, Biography: historical, political and military, HISTORY / Asia / South / India