Shashi Tharoor 
B. R. Ambedkar [EPUB ebook] 
The man who gave hope to India’s dispossessed

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A household name throughout India, B. R. Ambedkar is one of the country’s most important figures, second only to Mahatma Gandhi. He played a major role in drafting the constitution for a newly independent India and led the fight against caste-based discrimination.
Ambedkar was born into a Dalit caste (the so-called ‘untouchables’), but his academic brilliance saw him study at Columbia University and London School of Economics. As a politician, he fought to overturn centuries of discrimination and promoted liberal constitutionalism in a traditionally illiberal society. He did more than anyone to articulate a cogent and enduring case for the principles of democracy in a country emerging from imperial rule.
This book is also a reminder of how far the practice of politics has strayed from the high standards Ambedkar set – of intellectual distinction, policy positions animated by serious scholarship, the infusion of moral values and the upholding of democracy for the many, not just the privileged few.

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Preface
Part I: Life
1 Laying the foundations
2 Mounting the podium
3 Scaling the peaks
4 View from the mountaintop
5 Triumph and disillusion
Part II: Legacy
6 A life well-lived
Bibliography
Index

Sobre el autor

Shashi Tharoor is an author, critic and columnist. He has been Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Minister of State for External Affairs in the Government of India.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 248 ● ISBN 9781526164292 ● Tamaño de archivo 1.4 MB ● Editorial Manchester University Press ● Ciudad Manchester ● País GB ● Publicado 2023 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 8918978 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
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