Constitution Day 2023: We explain what the quote from Dr BR Ambedkar means, in terms of how the Constitution came to be adopted after months of deliberations among Indian leaders – to ensure its relevance for generations.
Ambedkar was making a larger point about how Indian history had references to democratic traditions as they are now understood, and are at times claimed to be Western inventions.
The issue of separate electorates reveals fundamental differences between Ambedkar and Gandhi when it came to the issue of caste and their respective ideas of political representation for untouchables.