Caste and Mahathma

ndern
ANNIHILATION OF CASTE
WITH
A REPLY TO MAHATMA GANDHI
 
"Know Truth as Truth and Untruth as Untruth "
—buddha
 
"He that WILL NOT reason is a bigot He that CANNOT reason is a fool He that DARE NOT reason is a slave " H. drummond
Printed from the third edition of 1944
_____________________________________________________________________
 
Contents
 
1. 1.     Preface to the Second Edition
2. 2.     Preface to the Third Edition
3. 3.     Prologue
4. 4.     Speech Prepared By Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
5. 5.     Appendix I :   A Vindication Of Caste By Mahatma Gandhi
6. 6.     Appendix   II : A Reply To The Mahatma By Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
 
ANNIHILATION OF CASTE
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  The speech prepared by me for the Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal of Lahore has had an astonishingly warm reception from the Hindu public for whom it was primarily intended. The English edition of one thousand five hundred was exhausted within two months of its publication. It is translated into Gujarati and Tamil. It is being translated in Marathi, Hindi, Punjabi and Malayalam. The demand for the English text still continues unabated. To satisfy this demand it has become necessary to issue a Second Edition. Considerations of history and effectiveness of appeal have led me to retain the original form of the essay—namely the speech form—-although I was asked to recast it in the form of a direct narrative. To this edition I have added two appendices. I have collected in Appendix I the two articles written by Mr. Gandhi by way of review of my speech in the Harijan, and his letter to Mr. Sant Ram, a member of the Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal. In Appendix II, I have printed my views in reply to the articles of Mr. Gandhi collected in Appendix 1. Besides Mr. Gandhi many others have adversely criticised my views as expressed in my speech. But I have felt that in taking notice of such adverse comments I should limit myself to Mr. Gandhi. This I have done not because what he has said is so...