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My desire is indeed grand. It is to make my people embrace not just the colossal admiration for Babasaheb but also the indomitable thoughts of the same learned Doctor. It is to make my people turn the entire pages of 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches' (BAWS). To turn the pages first; to understand his thoughts next; and eventually to embrace his path after self-contemplation. It is possible to limit the selected writings and speeches of Babasaheb to a single book. Such attempts have already been effectively accomplished by many. But still such compilations have compelled the editors to leave out the corpus of high standard of arguments placed by Dr. Ambedkar on various subjects. Hence, I decided not to pick and choose among his best. Rather I have followed a stern approach of sequencing all his thoughts and arguments as it appears in each Volume of BAWS and this has inevitably led to a book series. However, I have intruded in one aspect and that is to shuffle the order of the 17 Volumes while compiling. I have done this keeping one eye on the precedence while presenting his works and the other eye on the theme. As a result, this book which is the second of 'Mastering Babasaheb' is a compilation of Volume 3 and 4 of BAWS respectively. To the Communists and the Rationalists who are attracted to the idea of destruction of all the religions, 'Philosophy of Hinduism' as found in Volume 3 would undoubtedly compel them to rethink about the significance of religion via a different angle of vision. 'Riddles in Hinduism' i.e. Volume 4 of BAWS includes in it numerous texts from Hindu religious literatures. Since the present compilation is intended to serve mainly as a revision material, these religious texts as quoted by Babasaheb have all been excluded from this book. This has been primarily done to deter the readers in not losing track of the main argument about the riddles as made by Babasaheb. Inquisitive readers interested in familiarizing themselves with the Hindu texts as dealt in the Riddles should readily resort to BAWS. We have witnessed many decades during which the writings of Babasaheb were suppressed and kept away from the Public's knowledge. But the previous and the present decade have become darker. We live in a time where not only Dr.Ambedkar is being appropriated by the anti-democratic forces but also, Buddha- whom Babasaheb himself considered as his master, is being misinterpreted and misrepresented. The readers have to be wary of this ideological appropriation. Because, our foundation is not only made of Intellectual Prowess of Dr.Ambedkar but also of the Noble Teachings of Buddha, the foremost Social Reformer. The harangue placed by Babasaheb against Hinduism and his conviction in embracing Buddhism as the way for emancipation should be rightly understood by the masses- especially the young generation. There can be no doubt that the present compilation of Volume 3 and 4 of BAWS is bound to achieve this purpose. While I am confident that 'Mastering Babasaheb' would acquaint the readers with the complete works of Dr. Ambedkar I earnestly hope that this compilation would hold my people and lead them to that grand desire of turning the entire pages of 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches'- to turn the pages first; to understand his thoughts next; and eventually to embrace his path after self-contemplation.The compilation of 'Mastering Babasaheb' was done by A.B. Karl Marx Siddharthar. He is the author of 'UNCASTE' otherwise subtitled as 'Understanding Unmarriageability: The Way Forward To Annihilate Caste'.

My desire is indeed grand. It is to make my people embrace not just the colossal admiration for Babasaheb but also the indomitable thoughts of the same learned Doctor. It is to make my people turn the entire pages of 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches' (BAWS). To turn the pages first; to understand his thoughts next; and eventually to embrace his path after self-contemplation. It is possible to limit the selected writings and speeches of Babasaheb to a single book. Such attempts have already been effectively accomplished by many. But still such compilations have compelled the editors to leave out the corpus of high standard of arguments placed by Dr. Ambedkar on various subjects. Hence, I decided not to pick and choose among his best. Rather I have followed a stern approach of sequencing all his thoughts and arguments as it appears in each Volume of BAWS and this has inevitably led to a book series. However, I have intruded in one aspect and that is to shuffle the order of the 17 Volumes while compiling. I have done this keeping one eye on the precedence while presenting his works and the other eye on the theme. As a result, this book which is the third of 'Mastering Babasaheb' is a compilation of Part I, II and III of Volume 17 of BAWS respectively. The texts about the event, place, date and year with regard to the speeches found in the 3 parts of Volume 17 have not been 'completely' included in this compilation. Since this Book Series should be treated as a revision material I have taken the liberty to leave out such details in order to better highlight the significant portions of Babasaheb's Writings and Speeches. Curious readers interested in understanding the complete context can make use of the end notes to trace the complete texts as found in BAWS. Nonetheless, a glimpse of important dates highlighted throughout the book as well as in end notes would assist in understanding the turn out of events. For example, Section II (Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on Cabinet Mission And Transfer of Power ) as found in Volume 17(II) reveals in timeline about the relentless struggle of Babasaheb in securing separate political representation for the Depressed Classes when India was on the verge of attaining Independence.Some parts of the BAWS traces its source to the books authored by Dhananjay Keer and Khairmode. The readers should take note of them by referring to the end notes. Equally, I encourage due attention to be given to the Appendix which is not included in this compilation but can be found in BAWS. While I am confident that 'Mastering Babasaheb' would acquaint the readers with the complete works of Dr. Ambedkar I earnestly hope that this compilation would hold my people and lead them to that grand desire of turning the entire pages of 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches'- to turn the pages first; to understand his thoughts next; and eventually to embrace his path after self-contemplation.The compilation of 'Mastering Babasaheb' was done by A.B. Karl Marx Siddharthar. He is the author of 'UNCASTE' otherwise subtitled as 'Understanding Unmarriageability: The Way Forward To Annihilate Caste'.

A grand desire led to compiling 'Mastering Babasaheb'. This book is intended to embrace not just the colossal admiration for Babasaheb but also the indomitable thoughts of the same learned Doctor. It is to make the people turn the entire pages of 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches' (BAWS). To turn the pages first; to understand his thoughts next; and eventually to embrace his path after self-contemplation. The first 17 Volumes of BAWS comes down to 13,930 (approx.) pages in total. The count includes the cover, frontispiece, endpaper, and text. With a daily reading of 40 pages, one can complete the collected works of Babasaheb in 1 year. It means taking 6 to 10 minutes to flip each page and a dedicated reading of 4 to 6.5 hours accordingly. This book series is essentially for those who are staggered by the aforesaid calculations. A middle path of condensing BAWS and at the same time ensuring that the Compendium does not leaves out any of his essential thoughts was followed. It is possible to limit the selected writings and speeches of Babasaheb to a single book. Such attempts have already been effectively accomplished by many. But still such compilations have compelled the editors to leave out the corpus of high standard of arguments placed by Dr. Ambedkar on various subjects. Hence, it was decided not to pick and choose among his best. Rather a stern approach of sequencing all his thoughts and arguments as it appears in each Volume of BAWS was employed and this had inevitably led to a book series. However, intrusion can be found in one aspect and that is shuffling the order of the 17 Volumes while compiling. This had been done keeping one eye on the precedence while presenting his works and the other eye on the theme. As a result, this volume which is the first of 'Mastering Babasaheb' is a compilation of Volume 1, 5 and 9 of BAWS respectively. It should be borne in mind that the polemical tone that can be traced in Volume 9 is founded upon adequate arguments and hard to be successfully refuted if one goes through the Volume completely. While 'Mastering Babasaheb' would acquaint the readers with the complete works of Dr. Ambedkar it is earnestly hoped that this compilation would hold the people and lead them to that grand desire of turning the entire pages of 'Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches'- to turn the pages first; to understand his thoughts next; and eventually to embrace his path after self-contemplation. The compilation of 'Mastering Babasaheb' was done by A.B. Karl Marx Siddharthar. He is the author of 'UNCASTE' otherwise subtitled as 'Understanding Unmarriageability: The Way Forward To Annihilate Caste'.