{"id":1058,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/discuss-ambedkars-ideas-on-annihilation-of-caste-upsc-psir-2013-1106\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:38","slug":"discuss-ambedkars-ideas-on-annihilation-of-caste-upsc-psir-2013-1106","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-ambedkars-ideas-on-annihilation-of-caste-upsc-psir-2013-1106\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss Ambedkar\u2019s ideas on \u2018annihilation of caste\u2019."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> 1936 undelivered speech <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> radical attack on Hindu social order <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> caste cannot be reformed, only destroyed<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> social reform must precede political reform <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> annihilation, not mending, of caste<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>caste = \u201cdivision of labourers\u201d (occupation by birth, denies choice\/dignity) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> rests on endogamy + purity-pollution + scriptural sanction (Vedas\/Shastras\/Manusmriti) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> graded inequality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> blocks united resistance, weakens nation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> destroys public spirit\/opinion\/fraternity (\u201cvirtue caste-ridden, morality caste-bound\u201d) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> democracy impossible on such soil <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> inter-dining\/inter-caste marriage useful but insufficient <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> socialists wrong to treat caste as secondary to class <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> cure: destroy religious sanction <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201creligion of rules\u201d to \u201creligion of principles\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> law as disinfectant <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> casteless order on liberty\u2013equality\u2013fraternity<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>partial reform (inter-dining, inter-caste marriage) vs root destruction of religion; class-only socialist view vs caste-centred analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> annihilation = ending the religious-ideological basis of caste, not softening it<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> replacement by casteless democratic order, \u201cone man, one value\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Limaye<\/b>\u2019s <i>Communist Manifesto<\/i> parallel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[46],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[55],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1058","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-46","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-indian-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4652,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1058\/revisions\/4652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}