In 1936, a Hindu reformist group invited B.R. Ambedkar to deliver their presidential address and chart a path to end the caste system.

Ambedkar published the text on his own. Mahatma Gandhi responded to the provocation. 

This edition generated inevitable questions regarding political representation, caste, privilege, and power in Indian society.

Annihilation of Caste is a breach of peace.

About The Author :

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born in 1891 into an ‘Untouchable’ family of modest means. One of India’s most radical thinkers, he transformed the social and political landscape in the struggle against British colonialism. He was a prolific writer who oversaw the drafting of the Indian Constitution and served as India’s first Law Minister.

Arundhati Roy is the author of the novel The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Collections of her recent political writings have been published as Listening to Grasshoppers and the Broken Republic.