Ambedkar embraced Western liberalism against Gandhi’s pastoral nostalgia

Evidence

If Gandhi’s radical critique of Western modernity came from a nostalgic evocation of a uniquely Indian pastoral bliss, Ambedkar’s critique of that nostalgia came from an embrace of pragmatic Western liberalism and its definitions of progress and happiness. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 124

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• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 124