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Ever wondered why the rupee struggles or how colonial policies still echo in India’s economy today? Dive into "The Problem of the Rupee", where Dr. B.R. Ambedkar— visionary leader, economist, and architect of India’s Constitution—unravels the tangled history of India’s currency with the sharpness of a scholar and the clarity of a reformer.Written as his thesis at the London School of Economics, this isn’t just a dry economic study. It’s a bold critique of how British financial policies drained India’s wealth, a deep dive into the gold standard debate, and a powerful argument for monetary sovereignty. With meticulous research and piercing insight, Dr. Ambedkar exposes the systems that kept India economically shackled—while laying bare ideas that remain startlingly relevant even today.More than numbers and theories, this book reflects Dr. Ambedkar’s lifelong mission: to dissect inequality, challenge oppressive structures, and empower the marginalized through knowledge. Whether you’re a student of history, an economics enthusiast, or simply curious about India’s financial past, "The Problem of the Rupee" will make you rethink money, power, and justice.In ‘Castes in India’ Ambedkar provides a pioneering analysis of the origin and development of caste in India. The chapter begins by defining what caste is and explaining its origins from Ambedkar’s perspective, as well as examining the role caste plays in the oppression of women. Ambedkar's causal explanation of women's oppression marks a departure from other significant political works of the time, including Gandhi’s, which largely neglect the oppression of women as a critical form of social inequality. Ambedkar’s ‘Castes in India’ serves as a vital corrective to the traditional canon in political philosophy due to the valuable insights it offers.Dr. Ambedkar's study of the caste problem involves :(1) in spite of the composite make-up of the Hindu population, there is a deep cultural unity;(2) caste is a parcelling into bits of a larger cultural unit;(3) there was one caste to start with and(4) classes have become castes through imitation and excommunication.