Conversion as Emancipation

Conversion as Emancipation  book by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

B.R. Ambedkar (1891- 1956) is certainly the tallest personality of Modern India. His monumental contribution to leading the country towards modernity in general and democratisation of the Indian society in particular, has not been adequately recognised and much less appreciated. Signs, however, are clear that the twenty-first century will increasingly bring to light the implications of his life and message in almost all spheres of national life. Ambedkar’s writings and speeches have been edited by late Vasant Moon and published by the Governemnt of Maharashta.

“Extracts from “Conversion as Emancipation”

“If the fact I have described above is true, then you will have to agree with the conclusion of it. The conclusion is, if you depend only upon your strength, you will never be able to face the oppression. I have no doubt that you are oppressed because you have no strength…..Since the beginning of this movement of conversion, many people have raised many objections to it…..It is fit only for a fool to say that one should cling to one’s own religion merely because it is ancestral.