![]() ![]() Protest against the rape, murder and forcible cremation of the 9 year old Dalit girl in the Nanga. It would be useful, therefore to relook its arguments from a perspective afforded by his other writings, also from this period. While it contains sections that go beyond the anxieties of the hour, particularly the chapters that deal with Gandhism, essentially, its intent was to mould opinion, for which purpose it provides a historical and conceptual rationale. ![]() To that extent, it is ideological and provocative, meant to energise liberal and left thinkers in Britain and elsewhere to reconsider the conditions under which the transfer of power from British to Indian hands was to be effected. I submit that we need to and for two reasons: What Congress and Gandhi is a conjunctural text, published at a time of intense debate about the future of India and the constitutional arrangements that would bring forth a free nation. ![]() This vigorously argued book is conclusive in its judgement of both the Congress and its foremost leader and it would seem that we do not have to look beyond its voluminous pages for Ambedkar's views on the Mahatma. more What Congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables would appear Ambedkar's definitive critique of Gandhi and Gandhism. ![]() What Congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables would appear Ambedkar's definitive critiqu. ![]()
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