AMBEDKAR'S VISION ON SOCIAL EMANCIPATION: A STUDY

Abstract: This paper is an attempt to understand the vision of social emancipation pioneered by Ambedkar at the background of his personal life and experiences. His vision was truly revolutionary as it out rightly challenged the most sacrosanct institution of Hindu society- the caste system. Such a vision could only have been churned out by a visionary who was himself victimized by it. Hence began the process of a counter-challenge. It is worth the while to see how his efforts differed from other ideologies of social emancipation. How did he formulate it? And how did he implement it? Ambedkar was not just a theorist but also a realist The methodology used is engaging with his primary writings on the said question and looking at it as a case research. Both primary and secondary sources have been used There is no about the fact that Ambedkar and his vision on social emancipation holds enormous relevance even today. His idea of Democracy, equality, fraternity, endosmosis, and critique of Brahmanical Patriarchy are thoughts filtering from a learned and mature dispositio