He said that 'the superposition of endogamy on exogamy means the creation of caste'.ĭr.Ramani had rendered the two speeches as part of the Audio Book Project Ramani Audio Books. In the paper, Ambedkar made a presentation of a social phenomenon that emerged from the strategy of the Brahmins who adopted a strictly endogamous matrimonial regime, leading the other groups to do the same in order to emulate this self-proclaimed elite. Ambedkar at an anthropological seminar of Alexander Goldenweiser in New York on. The work is considered a classic and is being re-evaluated time and again.Ĭastes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development was a paper read by B. After reviewing the speech's controversiality, conference organizers revoked Ambedkar's invitation. Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition Annihilation of Caste is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and its caste system.

Written by Sayed Sayeed, a retired professor of philosophy, Understanding B.R. He wrote Annihilation of Caste for the 1936 meeting of a group of liberal Hindu caste-reformers in Lahore. Ambedkars well-known text, Annihilation of Caste, has been making waves. Ambedkar was to have presided last May at the annual conference of the Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal of. Annihilation of Caste is an undelivered speech written in 1936 by Dr. The readers will recall the fact that Dr. The book is a powerful critique of the caste system in India and. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru, and inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement after renouncing Hinduism. The Annihilation of Caste is a seminal work by B.R.

Annihilation of Caste by B.R. Ambedkar