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Kalifat (Miniseries S1 E1-8, Swedish, 2020) Netflix BR Ambedkar, the Indian polymath, an economist, a jurist, a philosopher, politician and social reformer, was once at a crossroad.  Having had first-hand experience pulling himself out of poverty and earning himself a myriad of international recognitions, the public's discriminatory behaviour was still palpable. The honour of leading the committee to draft the Indian Constitution meant nothing. Post-Independent India still oozed caste discrimination bigotry.  He ventured into the possibility of leading the whole oppressed and backward communities to embrace another religion. Babasaheb Ambedkar took a deep dive into various religions, including Islam and Christianity, and finally decided upon Buddhism. About Islam, he had this to say. The  Brotherhood of Islam is not the brotherhood of Man but an exclusive club to care for their own kind.  Even though the religion preaches egalitarianism, in reality, this is far from ...