Annihilation of Caste: An Argument Against Hierarchy and the Silence That Keeps It Alive

Annihilation of Caste is one of the most powerful and enduring critiques of the caste system ever written by B. R. Ambedkar. Originally composed in 1936 as a speech for an anti-caste conference in Lahore, it was never delivered, the organisers, finding its arguments too radical and uncompromising, withdrew their invitation. Undeterred, Ambedkar chose to publish the text himself. What followed was remarkable: the work quickly gained widespread attention, was translated into several Indian languages, and reached readers far beyond its original context.