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Martin Luther. Both Martin Luther King in America and
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar spent their lives to ensure that the
downtrodden get justice. Martin Luther King struggled for the
rights of the blacks of America throughout his life. Both were
born and brought up amidst difficulties. Both continued to fight,
not for themselves, but for the deprived. In order to fill the gap
of social imbalance and inequalities, while fighting the battle
for the rights, both emphasized the need for education. With
every step, it seems that Babasaheb and Martin Luther King
walked in the same direction and on the same path. Despite
this hard truth, Babasaheb does not figure on the world stage.
This requires introspection on our part.

It is the need of the time that such great human beings
should be brought on the world stage. It is our responsibility as
a nation and society that we should introduce these great men
to the world in the language that they would understand. This
would be possible only when we step out of the mentality of
slavery. We should have the courage to take pride in our best.
We continuously strive to overcome our weaknesses, and
become strong. The teaching of Dr. Babasaheb, “Associate,
struggle and become educated,” should be put to actual use.

The attitude of slavery is still so prevalent amongst us, that
even our best attributes are accepted as best, only if they come
to us from America or the West. Even Swami Vivekananda was
accepted by us through America. Even our precious inheritance
of the practice of Yoga was gathering dust. Only when it came
into vogue through the West, did we start practicing it. As a
society, if we nurture a temperament of living with what is best
with us, then automatically our nature to overcome our
weakness will be aroused. The reason of this mental weakness
of ours is as a result of the acceptance of an imported ideology
and the state of mental slavery. This shows to what extent these
deformities had spread. In order to divide the nation into
fragments, the British spread a thought that India was never
united as nation. It was not a one society, and there was no unity
here. By defaming the fundamental ancient principles of
Dravidians and Aryans, meaningless discussions of the Aryan