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.