Category: Hinduism

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is revered as a founder of modern India and for his work fighting the caste system. A new documentary looks at his lasting popularity

There may only be a few people outside the subcontinent who have heard of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. But as one of the founders of modern India, he was a revered scholar who championed the rights of Dalits, while his work as a civil rights leader has been likened to that of Martin Luther King Jr in the US.

A new film aims to revive the memory and the message of Ambedkar, affectionately known as “Babasaheb”, who was born a Dalit – the lowest rank of India’s caste system – but became an activist who helped draft the post-independence constitution, worked as an economist and a politician, and is now revered as a Buddhist saint.

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is revered as a founder of modern India and for his work fighting the caste system. A new documentary looks at his lasting popularity

There may only be a few people outside the subcontinent who have heard of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. But as one of the founders of modern India, he was a revered scholar who championed the rights of Dalits, while his work as a civil rights leader has been likened to that of Martin Luther King Jr in the US.

A new film aims to revive the memory and the message of Ambedkar, affectionately known as “Babasaheb”, who was born a Dalit – the lowest rank of India’s caste system – but became an activist who helped draft the post-independence constitution, worked as an economist and a politician, and is now revered as a Buddhist saint.