The Doctor and The Saint

Name: The Doctor and The Saint
Author: Arundhati Roy
Genre: Non-fiction, Caste, Prejudice, Discrimination
Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Review:
“Democracy hasn’t eradicated caste,” writes Arundhati Roy. “It has entrenched and modernized it.”
This is the first non-fiction book I have ever read and yet an amazing one.

The Doctor and The Saint is a political essay on the debate between B.R.Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi on the topic of Race, Caste and Annihilation of Caste. This book was first written as an introduction to Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste. It unveils the root of caste discrimination in Indian society as well as Indian politics.

Roy’s rage thrust forward and questions the role of almost saintly Gandhi in Casteism in Hinduism as well as it’s effect on the Indian politics. She reveals statistics that shatters our ground and raise questions “are we any better?” She shows a remarkable case of conceptual clarity and political understanding.

An intellectual and exceptional essay on politics, caste, prejudices and discrimination. This book opened my eyes and gave me another perspective to see the world and question it. This book embarked my journey to a new understanding of the world.