Congress’s hegemonic ambition engendered escalating violence it could not contain

Evidence

Like Shiva in the myth, who swallowed poison to save the world in the story of the Samudra Manthan—the churning of the Ocean of Milk—Gandhi stood foremost among his peers and fellow-churners, and tried to swallow the poison that rose up from the depths as he helped to roil the new nation into existence. Unfortunately, Gandhi was not Shiva, and the poison eventually overwhelmed him. The greater the Congress party’s impulse to hegemony, the more violently things blew apart. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 158

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Political violence stems from frustration at a gap between expectations and capabilities — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4287; Political violence arises from frustration over unmet value expectations; Political institutions perpetuate the violence that founded them (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Political violence stems from frustration at a gap between expectations and capabilities — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4287; Political violence arises from frustration over unmet value expectations; Political institutions perpetuate the violence that founded them (+2 more)