BookClickDeo (Deotima)'s Reviews > Ambedkar: A Life

Termed ' Ambedkar: A Life', Tharoor simply labels this a biography, which it is, in a succinct form, highlighting the rise of this untouchable boy, to become not only India s first Law minister coming from a clan of so called 'untouchables' but also to this day find praise, appreciation, and respect among people as one of the greatest Indians to have lived.
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The book traces 'Bhim's' journey from an infant of the untoucable Mahar caste, such that everything he came in contact with becomes impure, to the graciousness of the Maharaja's leading to his bright academic life in England, to his plight again in India back to London and finally starts on how he gradually became the Ambedkar, champion of the Dalits and the man who in flailing health too wrote our constitution in a precision most impeccable.
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As a reader who is clueless and wants to know more about this personality's life, I think this book is a great starting point, sectioned well, this book step by step throws light on all that is necessary including what has been counted as Ambedkar's faults too.
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I think the plights he faced based on casteisms is described really well here and brings out his success and esteem as an erudite man again and again!
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No better day to post this when most of the nation today is enjoying a holiday probably not knowing anything about the significance behind this holiday and this great man's contribution to our nation and society in general!