'Reading Ambedkar bridged the gap between what most Indians are schooled to believe and the reality we experience every day of our lives.' Arundhati Roy The Annihilation of Caste is one of the most important - and still the most controversial - works of Indian political writing. Completed in 1936, the book is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and the caste system that infuriated Gandhi, yet has remained a rallying cry for 60 years. In her lengthy introduction Roy looks at how caste has continued through modern Indian history, and why the words of Ambedkar are necessary today more than ever. In startling and urgent writing she shows that caste is the most urgent question if India is to become a world-leading nation.
- ISBN10 1781688311
- ISBN13 9781781688311
- Publish Date 4 November 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Verso Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English