About the Book: Doctor and The Saint : The Ambedkar Gandhi Debate Caste Race and
Annihilation Of Caste
To best understand and address the inequality in India today, Arundhati Roy
insists we must examine both the political development and influence of M.K.
Gandhi and why B.R. Ambedkars brilliant challenge to his near-divine status was
suppressed by Indias elite. In Roys analysis, we see that Ambedkars fight for
justice was systematically sidelined in favor of policies that reinforced caste,
resulting in the current nation of India: independent of British rule, globally
powerful, and marked to this day by the caste system. This book situates
Ambedkars arguments in their vital