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1 National Law University, Jodhpur, IN
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Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol 6, No 2 (2015), Pagination: 80-84
Abstract
This chilling analogy reflects but a sliver of the foreboding with which Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, one of India's most prolific visionaries, viewed Hindu society. Such a morbid description may disturb many, for whom Hinduism represents much that is benign - tolerance, ahimsa, spirituality, yoga and so on. What, then, compelled Dr. Ambedkar, himself born Hindu, to describe Hinduism as a "veritable chamber of horrors"? The answer, very simply, is caste: the vicious system that has torn our society asunder for centuries.