Who is Ambedkar

My dear friend,

Do you know who is Dr Ambedkar? Most of us only knew that he was the architect of modern Indian Constitution. In reality, he was much more. He was a great teacher, lawyer, educationist, economist, anthropologist, sociologist, author, orator, politician, trade union leader, preacher and above all social revolutionary.

He worked not only for the rights of Dalits but also for the rights of women, backward castes, minorities and working class people. He struggled all his life for the minimum dignity of all human beings irrespective of caste or class. He fought with the then great personalities like M K Gandhi for the sake of his beliefs. He brought dignity to the lives of the so-called untouchables what other social and religious reformers tried and failed to bring for centuries. He proved that he was inferior to none of his time by showing his impeccable personal sacrifice, intellect, clear thinking, nondogmatic approach to problems and ferocious speeches. He cared more of the suffering of his voiceless people than his personal matters. In the process, he lost 4(out of 5) of his precious children, his health and dear wife Ramabhai.

He was the most educated person of all politicians of his time with multiple degrees from India and Abroad and wrote several books to put forth his theories for the problems facing India at that time. He also proved that intellect is not the property of any particular caste or class but given an opportunity the most despised on the earth can also surpass any other castes or classes. He was born as a non-entity (as 14th child) in a humble untouchable family; faced humiliations all through his life like a leper; soared in education like an eagle with the help of few good individuals; surpassed everybody of his life time like a jet plane with his hard work and intellect; silenced his powerful critics with sound reasoning like Socrates; used his pen as sword to fight and expose the injustices heaped upon his people; roared like a lion in condemning them; became a modern Manu by giving constitution to modern India; brought his people from bondage like Moses; regenerate Buddhism in its own land like King Ashoka and died honorably by keeping his promise of not dying as a Hindu. Though he was dubbed as a traitor by his contemporaries and even now by people like Arun Showrie, he proved that he was non less patriotic than any of them with his exemplary deeds. His Round Table Conference speeches, his conversion to Buddhism (rather than an alien religion) shows that. He proved that his critics, then and now, were pigmies before his intellect. He was the most misunderstood man in the entire history of India. This was partly because of his birth as an untouchable whose position in Hinduism is that of a serf how capable one might be.

Here are some facts about this colorful personality and his purposeful life of nearly 65 years that triggered a social revolution in India which is still continuing.