History first contained then glorified Ambedkar, stripping his radicalism
Evidence
History has been unkind to Ambedkar. First it contained him, and then it glorified him. It has made him India’s Leader of the Untouchables, the King of the Ghetto. It has hidden away his writings. It has stripped away the radical intellect and the searing insolence. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 102
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Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: The ‘contain and glorify’ pattern parallels how revolutionary figures are domesticated in many movements.