Selected Writings and Speeches of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

Dr. Ambedkar is the prime architect of free India's Constitution. Dr. Ambedkar and the Constitution have become synonymous. The Indian Constitution is a detailed document which takes cognizance of every aspect of the Government. Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was an erudite personality, a symbol of knowledge and a great son of India. He was a public intellectual, social revolutionary and a prolific communicator. He has left behind thought provoking writings and speeches bearing interdisciplinary perspectives, with insightful analysis of sociopolitical situations which evoke intellectual reasons and emotions. His writings are having profound sense of justice manifested in emancipation of marginalized masses.

No one who has seen Dr. Ambedkar at home can fail to be struck by the number and variety of the volumes which fill his bookshelves and lie on the tables around him. Books of every kind, but more especially works on constitutional law, politics, economics and sociology, appeal to him. He not only dedicated his life for ameliorating the conditions of deprived sections of the society, but his views on inclusiveness and "Samajik Samrasta" continue inspiring national endeavor.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Castes in India Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development
• 2. Speech at the 1936 Annual Conference of the Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal of Lahore
• 3. Communal Deadlock and A Way to Solve it
• 4. States and Minorities: What are Their Rights and How to Secure Them in the Constitution of Free India
• 5. The Political Demands of the Untouchables
• 6. The Need for Uniformity in Labour Legislation
• 7. Why Indian Labour is Determined to win the war.
• 8. Dr. BR Ambedkar's Speech Introducing the Draft Constitution
• 9. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's Concluding Remarks in the Constituent Assembly on Constitution
• 10. Role of Dr. Ambedkar in Bringing the Untouchables on the Political Horizon of India
• 11. Thoughts on the Reform of Legal Education in the Bombay Presidency
• 12. India and the British Commonwealth
• 13. Trade Unions Must Enter Politics to Protect Their Interests
• 14. Failure of Parliamentary Democracy will Result in Rebellion, Anarchy and Communism.
• 15. If Our True Representatives are not Elected, Independence will Be A Farce
• 16. Conditions Precedent for The Successful Working of Democracy