540 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : What did the honourable Member say, I did not follow ?
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : That he would quote an earlier writing of Dr. D. N. Mitter to contradict his present report. We have his earlier writing as well as his later writing and I have considered both.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : His later writing I have not seen. What is it ?
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : Later writing is in the report.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: That you call later writing. I thought it was something after this.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : The question is what was his earlier writing and what was his present writing and is there any change and if so what. He had long ago written a pamphlet.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : A pamphlet ?
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : A book.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: I thought you said pamphlet just now.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad: Give in any name you like. I do not quarrel with the name.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : How big is that book ? Have you any idea ?
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : You will have it in the Library.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : You call it a pamphlet. How big is that pamphlet ?
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : If I am to be cross-examined, I should be put in the witness box and I will then answer.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I should like to know that my friend has ascertained the facts before he refers to them. If it is a pamphlet I should be very much surprised. The book is a book of 700 pages, somewhere about that.
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : The most important thing is not the size, but the view expressed therein.
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : Yes, what was the view ?
Mr. Naziruddin Ahmad : The view expressed therein was that the rights of Hindu women should be better safeguarded and given better rights. I cannot repeat everything to the honourable Minister because I do not like to trouble the House and I do not like to speak louder