This reflective biography of B.R. Ambedkar offers a detailed account of Ambedkar’s life and work. Its strength lies in author Anand Teltumbde’s insightful evaluation. There are shortcomings, but the…
A new voluminous biography of B.R. Ambedkar, drawing on diverse sources, including material in Marathi, attempts to shed new light on this icon, avoiding most pitfalls of past accounts of his life.
At the dawn of independence, the liberal traditions that underpin a constitutional democracy were absent in India. How did the framers of the Constitution deal with this challenge?
