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A very Happy Babasaheb Jayanti to all!!
Babasaheb’s phenomenal interventions for women can be fully appreciated only when we know in the face of what kind of opposition he was doing it. For that, we need a mirror to the ethos and worldview of the Brahmin as the apex patriarch of the caste system.
The Hindu code bill made national and international headlines.
Here is a very small sample of headlines:
‘DEBATE ON HINDU CODE BILL BEGINS: Rival Demonstrations By Women DR S. P. MOOKERJEE’S OPPOSITION’
‘DISCUSSION RESUMED ON HINDU CODE BILL: MORE OPPOSITION SPEECHES BY MEMBERS IN PARLIAMENT’
‘HINDU CODE BILL: Opposition From Woman Leader’
‘Great Debate’ Rages in India Over Proposed Law Code to Ban Polygamy and Legalize Divorce’
‘HINDU CODE BILL OPPOSED: Demonstration Near Parliament’
‘Delhi Convention Attacks Hindu Code Changes: “WILL AFFECT VERY BASIS OF FAMILY’
But what was Babasaheb Ambedkar actually dealing with inside the parliament? We post here an interview of Ananthaseyanum Ayyangar, India’s deputy speaker. (New York Herald Tribune (1926-1962); May 14, 1951)
