Thursday, December 11, 2008

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar : Man of Millennium for Social Justice

This book discusses the assumption that Bharat Ratna Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Chief Architect of Constitution of India, is the man of millennium for social justice, in the sense that he became the deliverer of or the Messiah of the Dalits, the erstwhile untouchables, Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and women, constituting 95% of Hindu population. That big segment of population had been forced to live at a sub-human level from time immemorial, under caste system, sanctioned by Hindu scriptures.
First installment of human rights to the most wretched section was caused to be given by Ambedkar in 1932, through Poona Pact signed between him on behalf of Dalits and Madan Mohan Malviya, on behalf of Hindus. He completed the remaining job through Constitution of India of which he became the Chief architect.
Another assumption is that the scope of freedom struggle led by Mahatma Gandhi, Father of Nation, and his Congress was limited to the objective of securing transfer of power to only upper castes, on the pattern of Hindu scriptures, and therefore they had barred the social questions from being raised on Congress platform.
Final assumption is that Ambedkar is the man of millennium for social justice, since he was the first man in history to successfully lead a tirade of securing social justice to the vast sections of Indian humanity, with the help of a law, which practically repealed the concerned portions of Hindu scriptures.
Contents: Preface. I. Preliminary: 1. Bug man of millennium. II. Search for greatest of the great: 2. Search for greatest of the great. 3. Test of greatness. 4. Test of vilification : tie between Gandhi and Ambedkar. 5. Difference between vilification of Gandhi and Ambedkar. III. Planning strategy against Ambedkar: 6. Vicariously hitting real targets. 7. When reason has to face the unreasonable. 8. Choosing time of attack on Ambedkar. 9. One adversary made measuring rod for another. IV. Media reaction for and against vilification: 10. Politically incorrect hand granade tossed. 11. Dalits need another struggle for freedom. 12. Wildly polemic and incorrect campaign of vilification. 13. Bringing order in house of disorder. V. Ambedkar-haters in dock: 14. Wages of Ambedkar Bashing. 15. Unseemly tool of Hindu fundamentalists. 16. Arun Shourie and Nathuram Godse : a comparison. VI. Ambedkar search for alternatives: 17. Ambedkar on Hindu attitude to problem of caste. 18. Ambedkar on annihilation of caste. 19. Ambedkar on Shakti and Kaliyuga. 20. Ambedkar's search for alternative to Varnavyavastha. VII. Ambedkar and Hindu traditionalists: 21. Mind of Ambedkar. 22. Unexplained silence over Ambedkar's analysis of scriptures. 23. Kaamdhenu : Permanent Bone of contention. VIII. Ambedkar and social justice: 24. Social justice in India and plight of weaker sections. 25. First organised attempt for restoring social justice. 26. Gandhi and social justice. 27. Communism and social justice. 28. Ambedkar and social justice. IX. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar man of millennium for social justice: 29. Nation's appreciation for Ambedkar. 30. Ambedkar in eyes of contemporary celebrities. 31. Ambedkar in Hindu mythological context. 32. B.R. Ambedkar : India's man of millennium for social justice. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.