TY - GEN AU - Jaffrelot,Christophe TI - Dr Ambedkar and untouchability: analysing and fighting caste SN - 8178241560 (pbk.) U1 - 323.1092 JAF 23 PY - 2005/// CY - Delhi PB - Permanent Black KW - Ambedkar, B. R. KW - Statesmen KW - India KW - Biography KW - Dalits KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century KW - Politics and government KW - 1947- N1 - Includes bibliographical references p.(198-202) and index; Introduction : The first Dalit leader of India -- 1. Maharashtra between social reform and anti-Brahmin mobilisation -- 2. Ambedkar : son of a Mahar soldier -- 3. Analysing and ethnicising caste to eradicate it more effectively -- 4. In the political arena, against Gandhi -- 5. Searching for an electoral strategy -- 6. Opposition or collaboration? : Ambedkar's pragmatism and resilience -- 7. Shaping the Indian constitution -- 8. 'solution' of conversion -- 9. impact and revelance of Ambedkar today N2 - Ambedkar, the first Untouchable ever to be formally educated, pioneered new strategies, philosophically and practically, which continue to prove effective, not least in the inspirational example he set to India's Untouchable community in their struggle for social and political rights UR - http://www.openisbn.com/isbnsearch/8178241560/ ER -