The Doctor And The Saint by Arundhati Roy
Caste, Race and the Story of India
A concise, incisive critique that juxtaposes the lives and legacies of B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi, arguing that an idealized memory of the latter has overshadowed Ambedkar’s struggle against caste and the lived realities of Dalits. Blending historical analysis, political argument, and personal reflection, it interrogates how colonial and upper-caste narratives have sanitized national myths, exposes tensions between reformist rhetoric and demands for structural emancipation, and urges a recovery of suppressed histories and urgent attention to ongoing caste oppression.
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- Published
- 2017
- Nationality
- Indian
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 64 pages
- Original Language
- English
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