TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tharoor, Shashi
TI  - B. R. Ambedkar: the man who gave hope to India's dispossessed
SN  - 9781526173584
U1  - 954.035092 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Indian--Constitution
KW  - Social reformers--India biography
N1  - Table of content:
Preface
Part I: Life
1 Laying the foundations
2 Mounting the podium
3 Scaling the peaks
4 View from the mountaintop
5 Triumph and disillusion
Part II: Legacy
6 A life well-lived

Bibliography
Index
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N2  - 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.
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