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#Day 34, Ambedkar

Ambedkar The dream of Ambedkar he had conceived still remains unrealized. This is not the country of his imagination. His fears have come true. This is nowhere a society he envisaged. Today on his birth anniversary, people remember him just as someone who drafted our constitution. Others remember him for reservations. Specific part of society hate him for that particular reason. But mostly people seem to come to an understanding of his undisputed contributions. His figure have survived in people's minds, his ideals however are long dead. Today is his birth anniversary. I am sitting here on the terrace of my house. Its almost midnight. 'His' people are celebrating. With sounds of loudspeakers, and DJs, 'They' are dancing joyously. It seems a special day for them, evidently no less than a festival. His figure is godlike. A figure of saviour which saved them. The air is filled with dreadful irony. He would have abhorred the idea of people making him a God. He also woul...