{"id":10791,"date":"2026-03-16T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/?p=10791"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:57:01","slug":"re-reading-the-poona-pact-roys-interpretation-of-the-gandhi-ambedkar-conflict-on-political-representation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/volume4-issue31\/re-reading-the-poona-pact-roys-interpretation-of-the-gandhi-ambedkar-conflict-on-political-representation\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-reading the Poona Pact: Roy\u2019s Interpretation of the Gandhi\u2013Ambedkar Conflict on Political Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Author: Mangala Lokhande & Dr. Usha Sakure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DOI Link:<\/strong> <\/a>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04031016<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract:<\/strong> This research paper explores Arundhati Roy\u2019s reinterpretation of the 1932 Poona Pact in her well known non-fiction The Doctor and the Saint: Caste,Race and Annihilation of Caste and the book focuses on the tensions between Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar regarding political representation for the depressed and marginalized classes (now Dalits). Roy argues that the Poona Pact was a turning point that shaped India\u2019s democratic structure while simultaneously limiting Dalit political autonomy and she sees the Pact as giving structure to Indian democracy while simultaneously undercutting Dalit political freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through close reading, historical contextualisation, and ideological comparison, this paper analyses how Roy exposes contradictions in Gandhi\u2019s moral politics and foregrounds Ambedkar\u2019s critique of caste hierarchy and reveals the flaws or inconsistencies in Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s moral and political ideas and also Roy brings attention to, or emphasizes, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar\u2019s strong criticism of the caste system (caste hierarchy). The paper concludes that Roy\u2019s intervention challenges dominant nationalist historiography and resurrects the political significance of Ambedkar\u2019s demand for separate electorates as a form of emancipation and it directly disagrees with and questions the common, established way that Indian nationalism and history are usually taught and understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It brings back and highlights the historical importance of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar\u2019s original demand for \u201cseparate electorates.\u201d The paper frames Ambedkar\u2019s demand (separate electorates) as a way for Dalits to achieve true freedom (emancipation) and control their own political voice (self-representation), rather than relying on the general electoral system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords:<\/strong> Poona Pact, Arundhati Roy, Gandhi, Ambedkar, Political Representation, Caste, Dalit Politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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