3 Scaling the Peaks
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Shashi Tharoor
Abstract
Chapter 3 begins with a 39-yr-old Ambedkar attending and addressing the Round Table Conferences held in London from 1930-1932 and continues to further discuss the continuing discord with Mahatma Gandhi, despite a brief episode of mutual accommodation in the form of the Poona Pact. It briefly touches on Ambedkar’s personal life, his failing health and the loss of his wife Ramabai. The chapter also talks about Ambedkar as an early feminist whose clarion call to Educate, Organise and Agitate was amplified further when he implored young women to fight for their rights to be treated as equals with men. It describes Ambedkar’s early appointments to influential office and his political initiatives.
Abstract
Chapter 3 begins with a 39-yr-old Ambedkar attending and addressing the Round Table Conferences held in London from 1930-1932 and continues to further discuss the continuing discord with Mahatma Gandhi, despite a brief episode of mutual accommodation in the form of the Poona Pact. It briefly touches on Ambedkar’s personal life, his failing health and the loss of his wife Ramabai. The chapter also talks about Ambedkar as an early feminist whose clarion call to Educate, Organise and Agitate was amplified further when he implored young women to fight for their rights to be treated as equals with men. It describes Ambedkar’s early appointments to influential office and his political initiatives.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Dedication v
- Preface vi
- Epigraph vii
- Contents ix
- List of Plates xi
- Preface xiii
- A Note from the Author xix
- I Book One 1
- 1 Laying the Foundations 3
- 2 Mounting the Podium 28
- 3 Scaling the Peaks 52
- 4 View from the Mountaintop 79
- 5 Triumph and Disillusion 100
- II Book Two 137
- 6 A Life Well-lived 139
- Acknowledgements 202
- Bibliography 203
- Index 217
- Plates 227
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Dedication v
- Preface vi
- Epigraph vii
- Contents ix
- List of Plates xi
- Preface xiii
- A Note from the Author xix
- I Book One 1
- 1 Laying the Foundations 3
- 2 Mounting the Podium 28
- 3 Scaling the Peaks 52
- 4 View from the Mountaintop 79
- 5 Triumph and Disillusion 100
- II Book Two 137
- 6 A Life Well-lived 139
- Acknowledgements 202
- Bibliography 203
- Index 217
- Plates 227
