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......ONE MAN’S TRAFFIC IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Editors of Kesari and Maratha, Poona wrote a letter to Dr. Ambedkar on 5-7-1954, to which Dr. Ambedkar replied on
15-7-1954. The reply of Dr. Ambedkar is as follows.—Editors.
26, Alipur Road, DELHI.
15th July, 1954.
The Editor, The Kesari and the Maratha Office, Poona-2.
My Dear Sir,
I have received your letter of the 5th July, 1954 asking me to state my views on certain questions mentioned therein. I am sorry to say, I could not deal with that letter while in Bombay as I was extremely busy with the affairs of the College. Immediately thereafter I had to go to Coonoor to deliver a lecture on the Indian Constitution to the Military Staff College. I returned therefrom only yesterday.
In the present day with one man’s traffic in public affairs it is very difficult to maintain one’s interest in the foreign affairs as the country is not prepared to listen to any view which does not concur with that of the Prime Minister. The same has been more or less the case with me and I may say that I have ceased to take the same degree of interest in the foreign affairs of the country which I used to take at one time. That being so I do not feel quite competent to deal with the subject you have raised.
With kind regards,
Yours faithfully, (Sd.) B.R. Ambedkar.
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Reprinted: Khairmode, Vol. 11, p.69.