--- product_id: 42653691 title: "The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste, the Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi" price: "78.37 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/42653691-the-doctor-and-the-saint-caste-race-and-annihilation-caste store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste, the Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi **Price:** 78.37 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste, the Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi - **How much does it cost?** 78.37 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/42653691-the-doctor-and-the-saint-caste-race-and-annihilation-caste) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description To best understand and address the inequality in India today, Arundhati Roy insists we must examine both the political development and influence of M. K. Gandhi and why B. R. Ambedkar’s brilliant challenge to his near-divine status was suppressed by India’s elite. In Roy’s analysis, we see that Ambedkar’s fight for justice was systematically sidelined in favor of policies that reinforced caste, resulting in the current nation of India: independent of British rule, globally powerful, and marked to this day by the caste system. This book situates Ambedkar’s arguments in their vital historical context— namely, as an extended public political debate with Mohandas Gandhi. “For more than half a century—throughout his adult life—[Gandhi’s] pronouncements on the inherent qualities of black Africans, untouchables and the laboring classes remained consistently insulting,” writes Roy. “His refusal to allow working-class people and untouchables to create their own political organizations and elect their own representatives remained consistent too.” In The Doctor and the Saint, Roy exposes some uncomfortable, controversial, and even surprising truths about the political thought and career of India’s most famous and most revered figure. In doing so she makes the case for why Ambedkar’s revolutionary intellectual achievements must be resurrected, not only in India but throughout the world. “Arundhati Roy is incandescent in her brilliance and her fearlessness.” — Junot Díaz “The fierceness with which Arundhati Roy loves humanity moves my heart.” — Alice Walker Review: Great Writer - Roy is a fantastic writer. Review: A must read for anyone who are curious about Indian law markets! - Just in 124 pages, Roy changes our perspective about Hinduism, Ghandi and a lot of events of Indian independence movement as we know it.. The book delves deep into the historical oppression of dalits by casteist Hindus, their transformation into political fodder by opportunist political parties during independence movement and how Gandhi(the saint) and Ambedkar (the doctor), end up in a face-off situation with regards to the rights and acceptance of the untouchables of India.. Reading Gandhi’s hypocritical, racist , castiest statements in his own words could make us uncomfortable.. makes us question the credibility of history lessons we were taught in schools.. reveals deeply embedded insitutionalised forms of discrimination on the basis of caste ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #340,663 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #80 in India History #123 in Nationalism (Books) #145 in Globalization & Politics | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 974 Reviews | ## Images ![The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste, the Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. Gandhi - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61C57yIeiTL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Writer *by S***R on November 18, 2025* Roy is a fantastic writer. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A must read for anyone who are curious about Indian law markets! *by P***A on February 10, 2021* Just in 124 pages, Roy changes our perspective about Hinduism, Ghandi and a lot of events of Indian independence movement as we know it.. The book delves deep into the historical oppression of dalits by casteist Hindus, their transformation into political fodder by opportunist political parties during independence movement and how Gandhi(the saint) and Ambedkar (the doctor), end up in a face-off situation with regards to the rights and acceptance of the untouchables of India.. Reading Gandhi’s hypocritical, racist , castiest statements in his own words could make us uncomfortable.. makes us question the credibility of history lessons we were taught in schools.. reveals deeply embedded insitutionalised forms of discrimination on the basis of caste ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Clash of Titans *by D***R on October 26, 2018* In this 2014 introduction to B R Ambedkar's undelivered 1936 speech, "Annihilation of Caste", Arunhati Roy reveals the shameful treatment of India's untouchables, the Dalits. The famous but forgotten debate on caste between the great soul Gandhi and Ambedkar, drafter of the constitution and champion of the downtrodden, helped to define the era. Roy examines the plight of the outcastes with an economy of words, yet in heart rending detail. Their condition is described from colony to republic, within the framework of religion and politics. Short biographies of Gandhi and Ambedkar are given, as well an analysis of the demographic upheavals that occurred during the partition of Pakistan. For Gandhi, the living saint, an end to caste struck at the heart of Hinduism. His movement did not challenge caste except to condemn untouchability and encourage intermixing. Rights to public water, schools and roads would need to be fought for. Ambedkar's faith lay in separate electorates and reserved appointments for Dalits. Gandhi opposed these with his life. Mass conversions to Islam and other religions resulted from Hindu society's rejection of the outcastes. British rule exacerbated the problem by an institutional reduction of four thousand castes into four. Ambedkar, outcaste and convert, came to view Buddhism as a reaction against the caste system. Gandhi's campaign to embrace the Dalits would greatly stem the tide. This is work is best read alongside the text of the address, and the subsequent debates of Gandhi and Ambedkar. The combined tracts are available in a different edition. If you read one book on the social background of modern India this might be it. There are also good insights into the roles Hindu nationalism and Marxism have played upon the public stage. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Doctor and the Saint: Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste, the Debate Between B.R. Ambedkar and M.K. 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