Dr. Ambedkar ji Ka Ab Bhi Sahi Moolyankan Nahi Ho Paya hai

Has Dr. Ambedkar still not been properly evaluated?

Abstract

For many years, Indian art, literature, philosophy, fashion, and other fields have been compelled to imitate their Western counterparts. One of the painful tragedies of the Indian intellectual class is that it has continued to apply Western standards when evaluating India and its distinguished personalities. In doing so, it has repeatedly overlooked an important reality: although the people of India are physically alike as human beings, Indian society is divided into thousands of caste-based groups, almost as if they were separate human categories. Truly undivided human communities are generally found in class-based societies. When individuals shaped by a caste-based social order are judged as though they belonged to a class-based society, and when their actions are evaluated according to how well they served the interests of society as a whole, disappointment often follows. This is because even the most prominent individuals formed by India’s caste system may fail to meet the standard of working equally for every social group. Instead of showing some understanding of the limitations imposed upon them by their social environment, we often become their critics. However, if we examine the lives and actions of eminent Indian personalities in light of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s sociological conclusions about the limitations of caste-based Indian society, we would be less likely to ridicule the restricted nature of their thinking.