![]() ![]() He decides to go to London and study Law, determined 'to return to India and bring justice to his people.' The book traces his life from school to college to studying in America to returning to his country and realising that nothing has changed for him and his people. ![]() And yet, he still wanted to go to school. He had to sit in a corner with the other untouchables. Ambedkar knew what the rules were: he could not sit with the rest of his class. Sowmya's writing is direct but sensitive, and the illustrations by Satwik Gade really are beautiful.Įven at the age of five, Dr. Sowmya Rajendran and Satwik Gade's book published by Tulika is a straightforward telling of Dr. Why do the teachers never touch my books? Why can't I drink water from the tap like the children? Why do I have to sit separately in a corner of the classroom? ![]() The Boy Who Asked Why : Sowmya Rajendran and Satwik Gade The Boy Who Asked Why from Tulika Books I'm not sure if things have improved significantly in our history textbooks 25 years later, but thankfully there are some books for children that recount Dr. There was no mention of the fact that he was 'a visionary, an economist, a revolutionary and a lifelong reader.' He was the Father of the Indian Constitution and India's first Law and Justice minister. Babasaheb Ambedkar was accorded one paragraph in our history textbooks. ![]()
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