Annihilation of Caste is an undelivered speech written in 1936 by B. R. Ambedkar. The speech was to be delivered at an anti-caste convention held in Lahore...

The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes. It has its origins in ancient India, and...

of Dalit workers. In his work Annihilation of Caste, Ambedkar put forth the idea that caste is not merely the 'division of labour' but 'division of labourers'...

originators of this "unnatural Institution" founded and maintained through unnatural means. B. R. Ambedkar bibliography Annihilation of Caste (1936) Who...

essay, Annihilation of Caste, in which he points to Shambuka's story as evidence that the caste system can only be maintained by the threat of lethal...

Ambedkar published his book Annihilation of Caste on 15 May 1936. It strongly criticised Hindu orthodox religious leaders and the caste system in general, and...

Tarakam sought the annihilation of caste and untouchability through social transformation, very different from the Gandhian ideals of "upliftment." Their...

members of the Göttingen school of history, this biblical terminology for race was derived from Shem (Hebrew: שֵׁם), one of the three sons of Noah in...

languages. His main domain of study and activism is the annihilation of caste. Kancha Ilaiah was born in the village of Papaiahpet of Chennaraopet mandal, Warangal...

Rise of Bihar. Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-08459-3. Retrieved 7 April 2015. Roy, A. (2014). The Doctor and the Saint. In B. Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste (pp...