The article, How Far Right Is India From Ambedkar’s Vision by Harish Wankhede discusses how far India has strayed from Ambedkar's vision of democracy. It highlights the growing polarisation and inequality in India, echoing the warnings of Babasaheb Ambedkar on the dangers of democracy without social justice.
The key points are:
1. The BJP’s rise and aggressive policies, like violent communal mobilisation against minorities, pose a threat to Indian democracy.
2. The continued marginalisation of socially disadvantaged groups like Dalits, Adivasis, and Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) from economic development and lack of radical social reforms challenge Ambedkar's vision.
3. The Dalits have utilised various channels to improve their social location and class mobility, but a majority still face oppression, discrimination, and lack of representation.
4. The grand expectation of the nation builders that the future social order would be egalitarian, with an emphasis on the welfare and empowerment of the Dalits, has not been realised.
5. Instead, the rise of right-wing political ideology has led to the concentration of power and authority in the hands of the dominant caste-class elite.
6. The revolutionary possibilities of political transformation from the Dalit-Bahujan parties have derailed, and there is little hope for the realisation of Ambedkar's ideas in the social, institutional, and political spheres.
How Far Right Is India From Ambedkar's Vision, Harish Wankhede, Deccan Herald, 13 April 2024. |
In essence, the text highlights the widening gap between Ambedkar's vision of social justice and democracy and the current realities in India.
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