Adivasis today resist the capitalist modernity that Ambedkar embraced as liberation

Evidence

Today, Adivasis are the barricade against the pitiless march of modern capitalism. Their very existence poses the most radical questions about modernity and ‘progress’—the ideas that Ambedkar embraced as one of the ways out of the caste system. Unfortunately, by viewing the Adivasi community through the lens of Western liberalism, Ambedkar’s writing, which is otherwise so relevant in today’s context, suddenly becomes dated. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 364

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s existing article on trees as infrastructure/anti-capitalist resistance if extended to indigenous land stewardship.