Dr. Ambedkar now bigger than Mahatma Gandhi...

JAI BHIM...!

New Delhi: In a little park in South Delhi, the statue of Dr Ambedkar looks benevolently over the tired.

Ambedkar Nagar is where most of Delhi's Dalits live. For those who live in this area named after India's most famous untouchable, there is no doubt that he stands on a pedestal. In fact, for many, Dr B R Amedkar has acquired a status that rivals the father of the nation, or perhaps even bigger.

He is just like Gandhiji, said an Amedkar Nagar resident.

The Father of Dalits is currently topping the popularity charts across India.

While he may not be as chic as the Mahatma to be worn on a mug or a key chain, he's still definitely in, as role model for the common man who is, today, fighting for assertion and an identity.

It is, perhaps, because of this that every time a statue of Ambedkar is vandalized, emotions run high, why lakhs of people turn up for his death anniversary, why more and more statues of him are being erected and more are commissioned to dot roads and highways.

There is huge demand for statues of Amedkar, says idol-maker Rajkaran Viskarma. No one asks me to make statues of Gandhiji.

Today Dr Ambedkar gets as many hits on Google as Gandhi. The spread of English education among the backward may has made him an even bigger icon. Kanshiram and Mayawati have also contributed to his deification.

YouTube has hundreds of videos dedicated to Ambedkar, as does Gandhi. He shares screen space with the Mahatma for India's tourism campaigns and has an enviable following in online communities. Books on him, which would earlier gather dust, are now being printed in other languages to make him more accessible. India has found a new hero.

Ambedkar may not be an international figure like Gandhi not as yet but I think he has the potential to get there soon, said writer and social thinker, Purushottam Aggarwal.

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar's call for social justice has a lot more takers today and many would say that his idea of a society based on liberty, equality and fraternity is relevant now than ever before.

The Mahatma may be the Father of the Nation, but Babasaheb is possibly the architect of a new India.

Jai Bhim.
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[sukKhaji]

No doubt Babasaheb much much bigger than gandhi. In fact no comparison between two.

Jai Bheem ji.

[pdmahey2009]

da father of INDEAN BABA SAHEB

[arggsanjay]

Dr Ambedkar is the famous person who is having more number of statues in the WORLD

he is not only fight for the dalits, he also fights for the OBCs by giving 30% reservations to them

[Ilovvucrapu]

Ambedkar was always bigger than Gandhi, Gandhi stooped low , Gandhi was a casteist racist and a womanizer

[Rotube786]

B.R.Ambedkar was great b'coz he was not a dirty hindu...

[Rotube786]

Muslims aur Dalits ek ho jao.Baad me Hindus ki maa-behen ko chod dalo.Chodne ke baad kaant ke phek do....Jo Hindu hume itni taklif dete hain,unhe toh bomb se uda dena chahiye.Jogo dosto apni kaum ki hifaazat karo ''maro ya mar dalo''

[SuperHinduism]

@250tushar fuck u and ur buddhism

gay bhim

[pinky30869]

Jai bhim

[SuperHinduism]

@jinujee fuck u

[jinujee]

@SuperHinduism - true. you need to be wise enough to undstand buddhisum. thats why buddhisum disappeard in india. but there r few wise people in india, aba .5% no wonder lord buddha said my religion wil not last long in my country but only in sri lanka and asked all the gods to protect sri lanka. sri lankans are blessed and wise.. thats why we r buddhists..!!!