"It was a wonderful experience interacting with you and appreciate the way you have planned and executed the whole publication process within the agreed timelines.”
Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
A grand desire led to compiling ‘Mastering Babasaheb’. This Square sized book (8.5 x 8.5 Inches) is intended to embrace not just the colossal admiration for Babasaheb but also the indomitable thoughts of the same learned Doctor. It is to make the people turn the entire pages of ‘Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches’ (BAWS). To turn the pages first; to understand his thoughts next; and eventually to embrace his path after self-contemplation.
It is possible to limit the selected writings and speeches of Babasaheb to a single book. Such attempts have already been effectively accomplished by many. But still such compilations have compelled the editors to leave out the corpus of high standard of arguments placed by Dr. Ambedkar on various subjects. Hence a stern approach of sequencing all his thoughts and arguments as it appears in each Volume of BAWS was employed and this had inevitably led to a book series. However, intrusion can be found in one aspect and that is shuffling the order of the 17 Volumes while compiling. This had been done keeping one eye on the precedence while presenting his works and the other eye on the theme. As a result, this volume which is the first of ‘Mastering Babasaheb’ is a compilation of Volume 1, 5, and 9 of BAWS respectively.
The compilation of ‘Mastering Babasaheb’ was done by A.B. Karl Marx Siddharthar. He is the author of ‘UNCASTE’ otherwise subtitled as ‘Understanding Unmarriageability: The Way Forward To Annihilate Caste’.
Dr B R Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956), also known as Babasaheb Ambedkar, was an Indian scholar, jurist, economist, politician and social reformer, who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination towards the Untouchables (Dalits), while also supporting the rights of women and labour. He was independent India's first Minister of Law and Justice, the chief architect of the Constitution of India, and a founding father of the Republic of India.
Ambedkar was a prolific student, earning doctorates in economics from both Columbia University and the University of London, and gaining reputation as a scholar for his research in law, economics and political science. In his early career, he was an economist, professor, and lawyer. His later life was marked by his political activities; he became involved in campaigning and negotiations for India's independence, publishing journals, advocating political rights and social freedom for Dalits, and contributing significantly to the establishment of the state of India. In 1956, he converted to Buddhism, initiating mass conversions of Dalits.
In 1990, the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, was posthumously conferred upon Ambedkar.
Ambedkar's legacy includes numerous memorials and depictions in popular culture.
