Dalits’ plight: No improvement since Dr Ambedkar's 1935 conversion pledge
Monday, May 7, 2018, 12:00 PM | e-paper HOME PUNE MAHARASHTRA ART AND CULTURE SPORTS BUSINESS WORLD OPINION Home Opinion Dalits’ plight: No improvement since 1935 conversion pledge Dalits’ plight: No improvement since Dr Ambedkar's 1935 conversion pledge Camil Parkhe Saturday, 5 May 2018 goo.gl/8Fsp3B Dr Ambedkar’s pledge to give up Hinduism, therefore, sent tremors in the Indian social and religious circles with various Hindu leaders trying to persuade him to reconsider his decision while leaders of other religions tried to woo him into their religions. Frustrated over the discrimination and injustice meted out to his untouchables community, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar vowed in Yeola in Nashik district in 1935 that: “I may have born as a Hindu but will not die as a Hindu.” When Dr Am