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Annihilation of Caste
The Annotated Critical Edition
The address Dr. Ambedkar wrote for the Jat-Pat Todak Mandal in 1936 and never delivered, arguing that caste is not a division of labour but a division of labourers, and that it cannot be reformed, only annihilated.
- Publisher
- Navayana
- Edition
- 2014
- First published
- 1936
- ISBN
- 9788189059637Look this edition up on Open Library.

3 sessions
Annihilation of Caste, revisited
The circle returned to Annihilation of Caste for a fresh reading and discussion of Dr. Ambedkar's 1936 address five years after the circle first read it.
Annihilation of Caste, continued
A second session on Annihilation of Caste, carrying on the circle's reading of Dr. Ambedkar's 1936 address.
Annihilation of Caste
The reading circle turned to Annihilation of Caste, the undelivered 1936 address in which Dr. Ambedkar sets out why caste cannot be reformed, only ended.
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Topics
- Dr. Ambedkar
- Caste discrimination
- Religion and culture

