The political, social and philosophical conflict between generation’s profound intellectualist, Mr. M.K Gandhi and Dr Ambedkar has a long tradition and still by no means ended. Ambedkar, the untouchable was heir to an anti-caste tradition dated back to Buddhism and Gandhi, a vaishya born into Gujarati Bania family was latest to the privileged caste Hindu reformism dated back to the works of Raja Ram Mohan Roy. Both Gandhi and Ambedkar represented separate interest groups and to quote Arundhati Roy, “their battle unfolded in the heart of India’s national movement (Roy, 2014).
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AuthorsAshique Ali T |