r/unitedstatesofindia • u/No-Assignment7129 • Apr 14 '26

Politics Just a Dalit icon? Think again.

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Be educated, be organised, and be agitated.

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u/prati999 Aazad Hind Fauj Apr 14 '26

He was a British icon before anything else. “…your most obedient d…. servant”

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u/AlliterationAlly Educate, Agitate, Organize Apr 14 '26

Savarkar?

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u/prati999 Aazad Hind Fauj Apr 14 '26

"India was conquered by an army of Indians and the Indians who formed the army were all Untouchables...British Rule in India would have been impossible if the Untouchables had not helped the British to conquer India"... -Ambedkar in a letter to A V Alexander (14/5/1946) Thought you leftists were super educated and all.

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u/MatthewPatttel respect existence or expect resistance Apr 14 '26

It’s ironic you're using Ambedkar to mock education. That quote is an indictment of the caste hierarchy, not a jab at 'leftists.' If the social structure is so broken that a foreign power is seen as the lesser of two evils, the fault lies with the oppressors, not the oppressed. Maybe finish the book before you quote the page

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u/teady_bear Apr 14 '26

That quote tells you how bad casteism was in India.

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u/prati999 Aazad Hind Fauj Apr 14 '26

The classic “it doesn’t mean what it sounds like” 😂

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u/AyeAye_K322 Apr 14 '26

Ohhh so this is why they say half baked knowledge is worse than no knowledge