Letter to the
Editor: Article on Dr. Ambedkar
Dear Sir, I have gone through all articles, news, and views of issue of May
of PUCL Bulletin. My friends and I liked the first page article penned by Dr.
Pal on Dr. Ambedkar, most. This piece is straight as it gives Dr. Ambedkar's
views on social and economic democracy in a capsule manner. Political leaders
of our time stand nowhere in comparison to Dr. Ambedkar. It is rightly said
by M.N. Roy about Buddhism "that the defeat of Buddhism was the greatest
single misfortune experienced by India". Dr. Ambedkar tried his best to
revitalize that religion in order to liberate at least one fourth of India's
population from societal violence. Democracy means people's ability to do things
by themselves. Dr. Ambedkar was for such democracy for which social and economic
democracy is a must. On this aspect I may quote M.N. Roy who rightly said "Democracy
is an empty concept if sovereignty does not mean the ability of the people to
do things themselves".
We hope that in future also we would be reading more on social and economic
democracy and societal violence in PUCL Bulletin. -- Mahi Pal, Delhi, June 30
(PUCL Bulletin, August 2000)