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Pakistan or Partition of India (1940, Revised 1945) B.R. Ambedkar Dr Ambedkar  is often voted as the single most important icon of India, surpassing Gandhi and the members of the Nehru clan. He has been described as one of the most erudite people from the subcontinent. He is credited with the drafting of the Indian Constitution. One of his many books that seem to be ahead of its times and is especially relevant in these trying times of identity politics is this one.  It was written at the tumultuous times when India was fighting a war for the British while at the same time, in the local front struggling for self-rule. Like two siblings fighting for the coveted candy from their parents, it was a time when Muslims were fighting for a separate nation. The Hindus wanted to keep it that way as it had been since time immemorial. As early as 630AD, through the writings of the travelling Buddhist monk, Hsuan Tang (Xuanzang), the Indian subcontinent had been described to sprea...

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: The Untold Truth (2000) Director: Jabbar Patel Mammoth in the starring role In a recent TV poll, Dr. Ambedkar had been voted as the most critical leader after Gandhi, even drawing more numbers than Nehru. In another article, the competition for the coveted title 'Father of the Nation' is between Gandhi, Netaji, and Ambedkar. Babasaheb, as he is popularly known, is remembered annually on 26th January as that was the day the Indian Constitution was drafted, and he was the main man behind its inception. The Indian Constitution is said to be one of the best in the world and, like the one it is based on, the American counterpart, promotes equality, justice, and liberty to every man. It is ironic that a low caste boy who was denied a bench in his school and had to sit on the floor on a gunnysack was denied drinking water in class and was denied the offer to learn Sanskrit as he would contaminate the august Hindu religion end up as one of the most in...