Satish Deshpande, Professor of Sociology, Delhi University S. A robust edition of an under-appreciated classic.
The annotations do an excellent job of providing supplementary information, corroboration and relevant citations. Uma Chakravarti, author of Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories: Beyond the Kings and Brahmanas of Ancient India and Pandita Ramabai: A Life and a Time Arundhati Roys The Doctor and the Saint manages to convey an intimate and deeply felt sensitivity to the history that produced Annihilation of Caste. Roys essay has the sharp political thrust one has come to expect from her. Anand Teltumbde, author of The Persistence of Caste: The Khairlanji Murders and Indias Hidden Apartheid For the 1930s, Annihilation of Caste was a case of marvellous writing with conceptual clarity and political understanding - something the world should know about. Anands annotations have style and perfection. Arundhati Roys introduction is expansive and excellent. Gandhi What Communist Manifesto is to the capitalist world, Annihilation of Caste is to caste India. No Hindu who prizes his faith above life itself can afford to underrate the importance of this indictment. Review Quotes Annihilation of Caste has to be read. Roy breathes new life into Ambedkars anti-caste utopia, and says that without a Dalit revolution, India will continue to be hobbled by systemic inequality. She tracks Ambedkars emergence as a major political figure in the national movement, and shows how his scholarship and intelligence illuminated a political struggle beset by sectarianism and obscurantism. Roy takes us to the beginning of Gandhis political career in South Africa, where his views on race, caste and imperialism were shaped. Arundhati Roy introduces this extensively annotated edition of Annihilation of Caste in The Doctor and the Saint, examining the persistence of caste in modern India, and how the conflict between Ambedkar and Gandhi continues to resonate. The worlds best-known Hindu, Mahatma Gandhi, responded publicly to the provocation. Du Bois - offers a scholarly critique of Hindu scriptures, scriptures that sanction a rigidly hierarchical and iniquitous social system. Written in 1936, it is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and its caste system. Ambedkars Annihilation of Caste is one of the most important, yet neglected, works of political writing from India. Anand Teltumbde, author of The Persistence of Caste B.R. Book Synopsis What the Communist Manifesto is to the capitalist world, Annihilation of Caste is to India. About the Book Includes facsimile of title page of original (1936) edition.
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