The following are excerpts from the paper. “Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development” was a paper read by BR Ambedkar at an anthropological seminar of Alexander Goldenweiser in New York on 9 May, 1916. In 1979, the Education Department of the Government of Maharashtra (Bombay) published this article in the collection, Ambedkar’s Writings and Speeches, Volume 1. Instead, ICF will be publishing the many ideas, some contrary to each other, that actually lead to the formation of a free nation. As Independence Day approaches there will be a singular and deafening narrative built on hyper-nationalism. In the coming weeks we will attempt to bring together writing on many of these leaders and what legacies they have left us. From national movements to regional resistances, there have been multiple ideologies and leaders who’ve shaped the country’s desire for sovereignty and the post-Independence period. With Independence Day only five weeks away, the Indian Cultural Forum will be doing a series on the ideas that built India.
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