Hindu society faces paralysis because both its spiritual and intellectual guides fail it

Evidence

The Hindus, in the words of Matthew Arnold, are “wandering between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to be born”. 17 What are they to do? The Mahatma to whom they appeal for guidance does not believe in thinking, and can therefore give no guidance which can be said to stand the test of experience. The intellectual classes to whom the masses look for guidance are either too dishonest or too indifferent to educate them in the right direction. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1274

Categorization

• XREF: Shares Ambedkar’s structural-diagnosis mode with his analysis of Brahmin hypocrisy just above.