Ambedkar at the end of the book, infers that the roots of castes lie in hindu dharmashastras and until the latter are dynamited, castes cannot be annihilated.

Dr. Anand Teltumbde kindly allowed to share and publish this.Thanks.

In reference to the article published on Hastakshep:

सौ साल पहले आंबेडकर का दावा : जाति का विनाश निश्चित है

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Dear Palash,

I just read the article in hastakshep. here are my comments:

There are many errors in the write up. The foremost is 'Caste in India' was not the subject matter of his thesis. This essay was written just for the anthropological seminar as a student of anthropology. There is no doubt that Ambedkar made many profound points about the origin of castes, superseding the prevailing scholarly understanding, he did not develop up it in his later life. It is correct that Manu did not originate caste; no one person could do it indeed. Ambedkar makes a profound point here that castes are the enclosed classes. He does not however elaborate how classes are born in society; in what historical circumstances. It is wrong to say that the current scholarly opinion is following his line of thinking.

Ambedkar's 'Annihilation of Castes', is not the extension of his earlier essay. Although profound in its analysis and arguments, the inferences it draws remain confined to ideological realm. डॉ. अंबेडकर ने बहुत ही साफ शब्दों में कह दिया है कि जबतक जाति प्रथा का विनाश नहीं हो जाता तब तक समता, न्याय और भाईचारे की शासनव्यवस्था नहीं कायम हो सकती.—is important because it imparts universalist dimension to what was until then a local issue. जाति के विनाश के लिए डॉक्टरअंबेडकर ने सबसे कारगर तरीका जो बताया था वह अंर्तजातीय विवाह का था, लेकिन उसकेलिए राजनीतिक स्तर पर कोई कोशिश नहीं की जा रही है. The intercaste marriages may dampen castes but cannot necessarily annihilate them. Many such factors can act as dampner but they cannot eradicate it. These two things are different. There have been many inter-caste marriages but simultaneously there have been rise in caste atrocities too. What is required is to pinpoint the roots of castes, situate them in the mode of production. If the castes have been weakened, it is not because some reformers preached against it but because the capitalist development in the country. Ambedkar at the end of the book, infers that the roots of castes lie in hindu dharmashastras and until the latter are dynamited, castes cannot be annihilated. He did not think it was possible. He therefore indicated that he would renounce Hinduism. This way actually speaking Ambedkar creates an impression that castes would not be annihilated from within and only the exit strategy is possible for those who want to get out of the trap of castes. I don't think the article goes beyond the laudatory references which are fraught with factual errors and erroneous interpretations.  

Regards