Dr B.R Ambedkar fought for the rights of dalits.
Important Questions on Diversity and Discrimination
He(the station master) was stunned. His face underwent a sudden change. We could see that he was overpowered by a strange feeling of repulsion. As soon as he heard my reply, he went away to his room, and we stood where we were........After half an hour the stationmaster returned and asked us what we proposed to do. We said that if we could get a bullock cart on hire we would go to Koregaon, and if it was not very far we would like to start straight away. There were many bullock-carts plying for hire. But my reply to the station master that we were Mahars had gone round among the cart men and not one of them was prepared to suffer being polluted and to demean himself carrying passengers of the untouchable classes. We were prepared to pay double the fare, but we found that money did not work. The stationmaster, who was negotiating on our behalf, stood silent, not knowing what to do.
Based on the case study of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, How did people at the station discriminate against Dr. Ambedkar and his brothers?
The station master was stunned (when he heard about the caste of Ambedkar). His face underwent a sudden change. We could see that he was overpowered by a strange feeling of repulsion. As soon as he heard my reply, he went away to his room and we stood where we were. Fifteen to twenty minutes elapsed; the sun was almost setting. Our father had not turned up nor had he sent his servant, and now the stationmaster had also left us. We were quite bewildered, and the joy and happiness, which we felt at the beginning of the journey, gave way to a feeling of extreme sadness.
Based on the case study of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, How do you think, Dr. Ambedkar felt as a child when he saw the stationmaster's reaction to his statement that they were Mahars?
.......After half an hour the stationmaster returned and asked us what we proposed to do. We said that if we could get a bullock-cart on hire we would go to Koregaon, and if it was not very far we would like to start straightaway. There were many bullock-carts plying for hire. But my reply to the station master that we were Mahars had gone round among the cart men and not one of them was prepared to suffer being polluted and to demean himself carrying passengers of the untouchable classes. We were prepared to pay double the fare, but we found that money did not work. The stationmaster, who was negotiating on our behalf, stood silent, not knowing what to do.
Based on the case study of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, why do you think despite the children offering money, the cartmen refused them?
