In “Ambedkar: A Life”, Tharoor will also seek to answer the question of whether Ambedkar is the greatest Indian of modern times.
The Member of Parliament traces the arc of Ambedkar’s life from his birth into a family of Mahars during the Bombay Presidency on 14 April 1891 until his death in Delhi on 6 December 1956 .
He also describes the many “humiliations and obstacles” that Ambedkar had to overcome in the homophobic society he was born into, and the single determination with which he overcame every obstacle he faced, a publisher Aleph said in a statement.
“We were given details of the various wars Ambedkar fought to make the untouchability illegal, his disputes with other political and intellectual giants in his time, including Gandhi and Nehru, and determined to invest in India with a visionary Constitution. individual rights and modern conceptions of social justice”, the statement said. said.
According to Tharoor, in doing so, Ambedkar “transformed the lives of millions of unborn, bringing an ancient civilization into the modern era through the power of wisdom and the power of the pen of me”.
The book will be released on October 1.
The statues of Ambedkar across the country are second only to the number of statues of Mahatma Gandhi. He even beat Gandhi in a recent poll to define the “greatest Indian” of modern times, with more than 20 million votes cast.
All the major political parties compete with each other to claim him as their own. For Dalits, he is a revered figure who is primarily responsible for breaking the law and fighting to bring dignity back to the community.
And most of all, he is hailed as the father of the Constitution of India.
