Question

What, according to Ambedkar, is the connection between caste and occupation in india?
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Answer 1

On 12 December 1935, Bhimrao Ambedkar had been asked by the Jat-Pat Todak Mandal (Society for the Abolition of Caste System), a Hindu reformist group, to address their annual conference and speak about the ill-effects of caste in Hindu society.

However, when Ambedkar sent his speech, titled Annihilation of Caste, to the committee, they found the some of the contents to be too controversial. Ambedkar was asked to delete the offending paragraphs.

He replied by saying that he “would not change even a comma”.

When the committee withdrew its invitation, Ambedkar self-published the essay. It is regarded as one of the most nuanced yet brutal takedowns of the caste system.