Posthumous glorification of Ambedkar obscured his radical writings.
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
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: History first contained then glorified Ambedkar, stripping his radicalism; Indian elites dismissed Ambedkar as an opportunist, stooge, separatist, and anti-national — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 88; Critics dismissed Ambedkar’s caste annihilation as hopelessly impractical — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 113 (+1 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: History first contained then glorified Ambedkar, stripping his radicalism; Indian elites dismissed Ambedkar as an opportunist, stooge, separatist, and anti-national — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 88; Critics dismissed Ambedkar’s caste annihilation as hopelessly impractical — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 113 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- History first contained then glorified Ambedkar, stripping his radicalism
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