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Varna organizes inherited duties in the argument examined here. Gandhi and Ambedkar disagree over whether affirming those duties as equal can answer the demand for freedom.
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Guided course · Module 12 · Lesson 70
Freedom, caste and the terms of reform
Ambedkar challenges caste, and Gandhi defends varna as a set of inherited duties. Can equal praise for those duties answer Ambedkar’s demand for freedom?