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INTRODUCTION 9
had the courage to ask why these worthless books which contain nothing but invocation to tribal Gods to destory the Enemies, loot their property and give it to their followers (have been made sacred and infallible) [1] . But the time has come when the Hindu mind must be freed from the hold* which the silly ideas propagated by the Brahmins, have on them. Without this liberation India has no future. I have undertaken this task knowing full well what risk* it involves. I am not afraid of the consequences. I shall be happy if I succeed in stirring the masses.
B. R. AMBEDKAR
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1 Inserted by the editors—Ed.
- The word ‘hold’ has been introduced by us. This word is illegible in the hand-written manuscript. So also the word ‘risk’ is missing from the original.