About the Book: Ambedkar: Towards an Enlightened India
Born in 1891 into an untouchable family, Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is the
acknowledged modern Indian leader of the struggle against social injustice. In
this concise biography, eminent scholar Gail Omvedt presents the inspiring story
of how Ambedkar got educated, overcame the stigma of untouchability and
gradually rose to become a lawyer of international repute, a founder of a new
order of Buddhism and a framer of Indias Constitution. She contextualizes
Ambedkars argument with the elite nationalists, particularly Gandhi, that India
could never be truly free without the liberation of its most oppressed sections.
About the Author: Gail Omvedt