ABSTRACT
Waiting for a Visa is an unfinished autobiographical writing by the learned Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891–1956), a celebrated economist, lawyer, politician, regarded as the father of the Indian Constitution and venerated leader and liberator of the untouchables. A prolific author, whose collected writings amount to many thousands of pages, Ambedkar was curiously silent about his personal life experiences, despite that his life has quite rightly been a great source of inspiration for countless numbers of people in India and abroad. This chapter meditates on the reasons behind Ambedkar’s restraint with respect to discussing his personal life.
