I recommend this book for everyone who wants to understand the man who was, and is still, judged freely by many but understood by few. Narendra Jadhav teeters on the brink of deifying the man, however he rescues himself at just the right moment. It seems more like a collection of essays, speeches and articles authored by Dr. This book proudly calls itself as an 'intellectual biography' of Dr. It shows the depth of the man who became great in extremely challenging circumstances and transformed the lives of excluded castes for ever. It takes a lot out of you just to understand how abysmally were the excluded castes treated then. This is a profound book definitely not for light reading. His writings on economics include: Ambedkar An Economist Extraordinaire (2016), Monetary Policy, Financial Stability and Central Banking in India (2006), Re. Babasaheb Ambedkar was from these untouchables. But the erstwhile 'untouchables' still live where their forefathers did - outside the periphery.ĭr. Due to their conversion to Buddhism, they are now termed as 'Boudhawadi'.

Except, these peripheral hamlets are no longer called 'Maharwada'.

On the way back to Mumbai from Konkan, we encountered a lot of small villages. However, there is a lesson about equality in fourth grade textbooks.

Translation: Outside the periphery of every village, there exists a separate settlement for the Mahars (caste considered untouchable as per the Chaturvarna system). Pratyek gava-baher ek lahan Maharwada aaheĬhauthichya pustakat matra samantecha dhada aahe

Ambedkar by Narendra Jadhav