Apr 14, 2025
April 14 is celebrated as Ambedkar Jayanti around India, and people celebrate the day by paying homage to Babasaheb Ambedkar. From spreading his teachings to discussing his views, people engage in intellectual discussions on the day.
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Babasaheb was a highly learned man who read and authored several books. And here we mention 8 must-read books by him.
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One of the most famous books by Dr. Ambedkar is ‘The Annihilation of Caste’. In the book, Ambedkar criticised the caste system, the dogmas associated with it, and the authorities who supported it for the longest time.
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One of Dr. Ambedkar’s earliest research papers, ‘Castes in India’ is about how the caste system began, was forwarded, and how it became a part of Indian society. He explained how caste was not just a social division, but a carefully maintained system to benefit some.
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A book that was formed from a speech, ‘Buddha or Karl Marx’ is Ambedkar’s analysis of the two ideologies and the two people, and how equality was in some way a common idea between the two.
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Another book related to inequality and the harms of the caste system is this one. In ‘Who Were the Shudras’, Dr. Ambedkar tried to look into the roots of the Shudra caste and questioned the idea that Shudras were always treated as “low.”.
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A book on Economics, ‘The Problem of the Rupee’ was Dr. Ambedkar’s contribution to the common man about currency. It was about the history of Indian currency and explained the reasons behind currency problems and monetary instability during British rule.
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A rather short but autobiographical piece is ‘Waiting for a Visa’. The book gives a glimpse of what it was like to live as a Dalit, and the discrimination that prevailed against people.
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In the later years of his life, Ambedkar felt that Buddhism preached for a much better society and equality, and he actively encouraged Buddhist beliefs. ‘The Buddha and His Dhamma’ is a book about the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha.
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Another book by Dr. Ambedkar is ‘Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Ancient India’, and this one covers the regimes of ‘Brahmanism’, the counter revolutions to Buddhist teachings, the literature of the two sides, and more.
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