B R Ambedkar

Introduction	Life of Ambedkar
biggest leader of dalits in india Dhananjaya Keer: no other dalit leader could achieve for his communijty as much as he did Arun shourie : book- Worshipping False God called Ambedkar anti-national opposed Poorna Swaraj resolution of 1929 thanked British for improving condition of depressed class directed Dalits to stay away from  Gandhi's Harijan Sevak Sangh INC Ambedkar called Poona Pact as Himalayan blunder criticised Quit India movement supported Jinnah's demand for Pakistan wanted british to stay he held that priority to interest of Dalits over Nation Arundhati Roy , Chritopher Jafferelotte :wrong to call Ambedkar anti-national represented largest section of indian society (bahujan samaj), hence can't be regarded as anti-national difficult for him to accept society divided into castes as a nation nation trinity of liberty, equality, fraternity  I know we are divided politically, economically and socially. we are a group of warring camps, I myself is a leader of one such camp. However, I an convinced that day will come when we will forget these difference and emerge as a nation. when we realise we are not nation, we will work for it	belonged to community of untouchables earned degree in law and practiced law in Mumbai but no one approached since he was lower caste hence, even educated dalit won't get life of dignity dedicated his life for abolition of untouchability and raising standards magazine: Mook Nayak, newspaper: Bahishkrit Bharat,  established Bahishkrit hitkarni Sabha, All India Depressed Class Federation which was renamed as Republican Party of India organised Mahad Satyagraha since Gandhi refused to help, he took help of British
Ambedkar's Ideas	Explanation of Untouchability
main work around abolition of caste 'Annihilation of Caste'- main work analysis of caste concept of caste origin of varna and untouchability criticism of Hinduism/Brahmanism Debate with Gandhi Demand for separate electorate and compensation not satisfied with explanation related to caste system found in religious texts attempted scientific understanding on the origin of caste based on anthropological evidence works Caste in india Who were Shudras Origin of Untouchability rejected the theory of Aryan Invasion since no evidence believed all castes had common origin rejected the view of Manusmriti according to which different varnas originated from different parts of Virat  Purusha as mentioned in rig veda entire concept of caste is based on purity and pollution origin of shudra shudra were the kshatriya who didn't accept brahmin supremacy, hence brahmin stopped their Upanayan sanskar which is related to pollution and purity	used work dalit which comes from Marathi word dal meaning broken when tribes started to settle, they practiced agriculture and cattle rearing cattle was not needed for food which remained tribe had cattle in form of food and were defeated these defeated tribes weren't given land and they were forced to live on the outskirt of village they would watch security and would get food in return manusmriti mentions them as 'Antaj' meaning born in last chronology Ambedkar didn't believe in this theory and said they were called Antaj since living outside these tribe remained Buddhist and there was anger in brahmins for this initially beef eating was not prohibited but to claim purity, brahmins started avoiding non-veg food endogamy was started by brahmins to show their purity there is no pure blood on the subcontinent since intermingling had started much before caste system he doesn't consider untouchables as hindu, no upliftment will work  till they are in same order it is due to caste system that hinduism could not be missionary religion caste system is responsible for weakness of india as a nation hinduism is same as brahminism endogamy is the core principle hence inter caste marriage should be allowed the religion which force poor to remain poor, uneducated to remain uneducated, which allows man to touch the excreta of cow but not touch fellow human being is nothing but madness  in hinduism, justification of inequality is found even in philosophy he appealed to reject hinduism he converted to buddhism gandhi did not believe in conversion debate with gandhi on varna system gandhi considered it as division of labour ambedkar described gandhi's description as too idealistic, textual in reality, varna exist as caste criticised Harijan Sevak Sanghas formed by gandhi objected use of word harijan it is misleading since it does not tell the real status of untouchables in india put them into false conciousness
Dalit Revolution
marxist mode is not relevant in india basic structure is not economic, rather ideological brahminism is the basic structure, hence annhiliate the caste dalits will have to go for building counter hegemony influence by John Dewey : society in India is more exploitative and hence state can help by affirmative action gandhi favoured panchayati raj, was against state led model ambedkar held that indian villages are den of ignorance change in status of dalit requires emergence of consciousness in dalits themselves his mantra was 'educate, organise, agitate'