What are some lesser-known facts about Dr. B. R. Ambedkar?
1. Dr. Ambedkar’s father adopted the surname Ambedkar and it wasn’t given by Bhimrao Ambedkar’s teacher as is commonly believed.. In volume 10 page 3 of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar’s works and speeches, his father’ name is written as Subedar Major Ramji Maloji Ambedkar. (Are there any surviving Brahmins with the surname Ambedkar? If no, doesn’t this indicate […]
Why didn’t Hinduism spread to any other part of the world outside of the Indian subcontinent?
Before I answer the question, you need to know that Brahmin and non-Brahmin scholars have openly started to declare that there is no such religion called Hinduism. The word/term ‘Hinduism’ is an English term which is alien to Indian religions and is not a religion. Hinduism was a name given by the British in the […]
What is the most important commandment of Hinduism?
Thou shall not attempt to change your caste. You were born in this caste, thou shall die in this caste.” Since you cannot change your caste, the only way to free yourself from it is to shed the caste identity that your ancestors were brainwashed into BELIEVING they belonged to. Ie, ANNIHILATE CASTE.
How and why did the practice of Sati come into existence and become followed by priests?
It is often propagated, giving reasons without proofs, that the Sati tradition of sacrificing the wife, in Hindu culture started because of the fear of Muslims. If that is so, why did the Hindus continue with this inhumane practice once there was no more a fear of attack by the Muslims? Why did they have […]
Why are scheduled castes and tribes not Hindu?
In a letter to British PM Ramsay Mcdonald in Sept 1932, Mr Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi wrote, “In the establishment of separate electorates at all for the ‘depressed classes’, I sense the injection of poison that is calculated to destroy Hinduism.” Mr Gandhi may have been “somewhat” correct on this occasion. “Distruction of Hinduism” would’ve been a welcoming side effect for […]
A BLUEPRINT FOR SPREADING BUDDHISM
MEMORANDUM I Record of my talk to the Buddhist Sasana Council of Burma 1. To spread Buddhism outside Burma be one of the aims of the Sasana Council then India is the first country they should make the centre of their effort. No other country; will yield so much as India will. 2. The reason […]
RANADE, GANDHI and JINNAH
RANADE GANDHI & JINNAH Address delivered on the 101st Birthday celebration of Mahadev Govind Ranade held on the 18th January 1943 in the Gokhale memorial hall, Poona by the Hon’ble Dr. B. R. Ambedkar PREFACE The Deccan Sabha of Poona invited me to deliver an address on the 101st birthday of the late Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade […]
Waiting For A Visa
Waiting for a Visa Foreigners of course know of the existence of untouchability. But not being next door to it, so to say, they are unable to realise how oppressive it is in its actuality. It is difficult for them to understand how it is possible for a few untouchables to live on the edge […]
CASTES IN INDIA Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development
CASTES IN INDIA Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development Paper read before the Anthropology Seminar of Dr. A. A. Goldenweizer at The Columbia University, New York, U.S.A. on 9th May 1916 Many of us, I dare say, have witnessed local, national or international expositions of material objects that make up the sum total of human civilization. […]
Is there any reason behind ‘Jai Bhim’?
JAI BHIM- the greeting used by the Ambedkarites, coined by L. N. Hardas an ardent follower of Dr. Ambedkar, chief secretary of the Independent Labour Party (ILP) and in-charge (C.P and Berar). Origin of the slogan Jai Bhim: Babu Hardas was not comfortable with “Jai Rama-pati” (ostensibly a reference to Ambedkar) with which he was […]
