Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Social Justice Towards a Egalitarian Social Order

Contents: Introduction. I. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s philosophy and reconstruction of the society: 1. Reconstruction through annihilation: caste and modern society/Deepti Somani and Ashwin Varghese. 2. Ambedkar’s pragmatic society, myriad of empty dreams or reality/Sanskruti Samal and Sughosh Subramanyam Neergundha. 3. Dr. Ambedkar-his social philosophy and its relevance/Basawa Prasad Kunale and Kaushik Babu. 4. Ambedkar’s sublime ideology in the context of foundation of socio-democratic institutions/Chanakya Sharma and Alok Vajpeyi. II. Empowerment of women and Hindu code bill: 5. Contributions of Dr. Ambedkar for women empowerment and their liberty/Shruti Kamble and Avadhut Joshi. 6. The Hindu code bill, the concept of social justice and Ambedkar’s role in women empowerment/Shashank Singh. III. Constitution, social justice and equality: 8. Caste and the constitution. 9. Babasaheb Ambedkar: A Dalit icon and beyond reclaiming the marginalisation and misappropriation of his works/Mohammad Asadulla Shareef and Anjali Rawat. 10. Constitution of India and social justice/Kush Kalra and Lalit Ajmani. 11. The lost legacy of the doctor/Subhaprada Mohanty and Divya Suwasini. 12. Ambedkar’s idea of eauality/Jadumani Mahanand. Index.