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Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches

Vol. 5

Essays on Untouchables and Untouchability

28 chapters · 512 pages

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Contents

  1. Front matterpp. 1–23
  2. Part I — What It Is to Be an UntouchableChapter 1 Untouchability—Its Sourcepp. 24–33
  3. Chapter 4 Outside the Foldpp. 34–41
  4. Chapter 5 Unfit for human Associationpp. 42–49
  5. Part IIChapter 6 Untouchability and Lawlessnesspp. 50–76
  6. Chapter 7 Why lawlessness is Lawful?pp. 77–89
  7. Part III — Roots of the ProblemChapter 8 Parallel Casespp. 90–103
  8. Chapter 9 Hindus and want of Public Consciencepp. 104–108
  9. Chapter 10 Hindus and their want of Social Consciencepp. 109–114
  10. Chapter 11 The Hindu and his belief in Castepp. 115–117
  11. Part IV — What the Untouchables Have to FaceChapter 12 Antagonism of the Administrationpp. 118–122
  12. Chapter 13 Problem of Discriminationpp. 123–126
  13. Chapter 14 Problem of Isolationpp. 127–141
  14. Book II — SocialChapter 15 Civilization or Felonypp. 142–159
  15. Chapter 16 The House the Hindus have builtpp. 160–184
  16. Chapter 17 The Rock on which it is builtpp. 185–206
  17. Chapter 18 Touchables versus Untouchablespp. 207–225
  18. Chapter 19 The Curse of Castepp. 226–243
  19. Book III — PoliticalChapter 20 From millions to fractionspp. 244–261
  20. Chapter 21 The Revolt of the Untouchablespp. 262–273
  21. Chapter 22 Held at Baypp. 274–286
  22. Chapter 23 Their wishes are Laws unto uspp. 287–301
  23. Chapter 24 Under the Providence of Mr. Gandhipp. 302–343
  24. Chapter 25 Gandhi and his fastpp. 344–410
  25. Chapter 26 A warning to the Untouchablespp. 411–417
  26. Book IV — ReligiousChapter 27 Away from the Hinduspp. 418–436
  27. Chapter 28 Caste and Conversionpp. 437–440
  28. Chapter 29 Christianising the Untouchablespp. 441–459
  29. Chapter 30 The condition of the convertpp. 460–512