Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, popularly known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist and political leader who led the Dalit movement and established a new school of Buddhism (Navayana) by adopting and reinterpreting the egalitarian values of the imagined Buddhism of the colonial Protestant-Victorian mind. He was the son of Ramji Sakpal who served in the British Indian army. He is believed to be the principal architect of the Indian constitution. He is also known for propagating many ahistorical and untruthful views about the past and Indian religions that continue to influence contemporary politics and religious identities in India. Though he is widely recognised as an anti-British nationalist, he collaborated with the Britishers on many issues.

Buddha: For wives wise people seek no other caste. (Sutta Nipata 2.7)

Ambedkar: Shut up, I am convinced that the real remedy is intercaste marriage.

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