ABSTRACT
On the 26th January 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions. in politics we will have equality and in social and economic life we will have inequality. in politics we will be recognising the principle of one man one vote and one vote one value. in our social and economic life, we shall by reason of our social and economic structure, continue to deny the principle of one man one value. how long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions? (B. r. Ambedkar, speech to the Constituent Assembly, 25 november 1949). 1
