Ambedkar condemned both Gandhi and Hindu intellectuals as unfit guides for the masses

Evidence

As a young boy, Ambedkar was sceptical about the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, and their capricious lessons in morality. He was particularly distressed by the story of the killing and dismembering of the ‘low-born’ Karna. (Karna was born of Surya, the Sun God, and the unmarried Kunti. Abandoned by his mother, he was brought up by a lowly charioteer. Karna was killed while he was repairing his chariot wheel on the battlefield by his half-brother Arjun on the advice of Krishna.) Ambedkar argued with his father: “Krishna believed in fraud. His life is nothing but a series of frauds. Equal dislike I have for Rama.” — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 293 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Ambedkar’s childhood reading of Hindu epics produced lifelong criticism of their morality (similarity 0.87)
• Ambedkar rejected any religion that sanctioned caste inequities (similarity 0.81)
• Gandhi contradicted himself on whether varna is essential to Hinduism (similarity 0.81)
• Ambedkar and Gandhi’s conflict remains irreconcilable and each is inseparable from the other’s story (similarity 0.81)
• Gandhi’s moral authority made his word effectively unanswerable to many Hindus. (similarity 0.80)
• Gandhi’s caste views differed little from those of the Hindu right. (similarity 0.80)
• Gandhi opposed non-Hindu involvement in caste struggles as an internal Hindu matter (similarity 0.80)
• Early Ambedkar valued Gandhi’s sympathy while later rejecting his approach (similarity 0.80)
• Ambedkar frames belief in the shastras and liberalism as contradictory (similarity 0.80)
• Gandhi valued the Bhangi’s work but not inter-caste marriage or dining (similarity 0.80)
• Gandhi’s caste ambivalence disillusioned even his non-Hindu colleague George Joseph (similarity 0.80)
• Ambedkar saw religion and caste as inseparable, unlike Gandhi (similarity 0.79)
• Gandhi’s caste views aligned closely with Hindu nationalist views (similarity 0.79)
• Ambedkar built his indictment on inauthentic texts and degraded practitioners (similarity 0.79)
• Ambedkar described Hindus in eugenic language popular with European fascists (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Ambedkar and Gandhi’s conflict remains irreconcilable and each is inseparable from the other’s story #expands (0.50)
• Ambedkar’s childhood reading of Hindu epics produced lifelong criticism of their morality #expands (0.40) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 293
• Gandhi consistently insulted Untouchables and denied them political self-organization #corroborates (0.40)
• Invited to speak, Ambedkar’s text was censored for denouncing Hinduism itself #exemplifies (0.35)