BR Ambedkar Archives

From the margins to the Constitution: How BR Ambedkar became a nation builder

by Charu Thakur | Apr 14, 2025

(April 14, 2025) In the crowded chawls of Bombay in the early 1900s, a young boy could often be found hunched over borrowed books, lost in the world of ideas while the city roared around him. His name was Bhimrao Ambedkar or BR Ambedkar, and he belonged to a caste...

Rajesh Talwar: From Delhi’s Hindu College to UN diplomat and prolific author

by Vikram Sharma | Aug 9, 2023

(August 9, 2023) Living in the company of students from all over the country at the Hindu College hostel in the University of Delhi in the mid-70s — taught Rajesh Talwar more about India than any book could have. They would be up all night having endless debates over...