The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste, the Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi by Arundhati Roy

The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste, the Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi

Arundhati Roy

184 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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“Democracy hasn’t eradicated caste,” writes Arundhati Roy. “It has entrenched and modernized it.”To best understand caste today in India, Roy insists we must examine the influence of Gandhi in shaping what India ultimately became: independent of B...

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