More Than a Reformer, Jyotirao Phule Was an Architect of Ideas

More Than a Reformer, Jyotirao Phule Was an Architect of Ideas

More Than a Reformer, Jyotirao Phule Was an Architect of Ideas B.R. Ambedkar’s fascination with Jyotirao Phule goes beyond the fact that he considered him a guru. Ambedkar, recognising the intellectual legacy of Phule, wished to project him on the national scene. More particularly, Ambedkar may have been influenced by Phule’s radical anti-caste movements, his…