Dr. B.R. Ambedkar : His Thoughts and Observations
Contents: Preface. Introduction. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar : a profile. 1. The Sunken humanity in India. 2. Pioneering Human Rights Movement in India. 3. Social reform. 4. An ideal society. 5. Primacy of social democracy. 6. Religion : meaning, purpose and function. 7. Hindu religion. 8. Philosophy of Hinduism. 9. Hindu social order. 10. Hindu Caste System. 11. Chaturvarnya System. 12. Hindu code bill. 13. Buddhism. 14. Buddhism and Marxism. 15. Christianity and Indian Christians. 16. Islam and Indian Muslims. 17. Indian Aristocracy. 18. Revolt and struggles by the untouchables. 19. Absence of solidarity among the suffering classes. 20. Untouchability as compared to slavery. 21. Freedom struggle and the untouchables. 22. The intellectual classes in India. 23. Governing class and servile class. 24. Public administration and its composition. 25. Judiciary and interpretation of law by courts. 26. Armed forces. 27. The majority-minority question. 28. Minority interest and the system of election. 29. Suppression of population classification by caste and tribe. 30. Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes--the difference. 31. Objection to the term "Harijan". 32. Gandhian and Congress Fallacy about the untouchables. 33. Warning to the untouchable against motivated propaganda. 34. Present State of Indian Politics. 35. Present State of Journalism in India. 36. Ambedkar\'s ideological perspective. 37. Dialectical perception of India\'s future. 38. Political thoughts. 39. Economic thoughts. 40. Historical facts. 41. Indian Village System. 42. Peasant proprietorship. 43. Problem of small holding in India. 44. Higher education. 45. SC/ST Commissioners Report : importance of recording complaints. 46. Policy for waterways development: the case of Orissa. 47. The auditor general\'s position. 48. Definition of a Great Man. 49. Birth control. 50. Ambedkar\'s message to his people.
"Dr. Ambedkar has been acknowledged as a great thinker activist of the modern age. His interest was varied and widespread. There is hardly any substantive\' issue on which he did not express his views in a cogent manner. With the passage of time, many of his observation and ideas, as he foresaw them in matters of social, economic and political issues, are now proving a true.
Almost right from the beginning, Dr. Ambedkar\'s ideas attracted public attention. His protest movement for justice to the downtrodden masses of this country attracted world-wide attention and that culminated in a variety of ways in composition of the Indian Constitution of which he was the chief architect.
The present book is a study of the thoughts and observations of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar who has played the part of destiny in the liberation of the suppressed masses of India, particularly the untouchables. It depicts his heroic struggles for raising the downtrodden to human dignity which will shine as a golden chapter in the history of this nation and in the history of human freedom as well. This is an attempt to give in short the myriad sides of his life in its proper historic perspective and intended to provide a representative cross-section of the credo of a great thinker of the twentieth century. If it helps the general public know the real Ambedkar, the object of writing this book will be amply rewarded." (jacket)
