Swaraj & The Depressed Classes

B.R. Ambedkar
Swaraj & the Depressed Classes

"The phrase adequate representation is on the lips of every minority in India. But owing to the difficulty of defining it in quantitative terms it has, in its vague and indefinite form, becomes a field for acrimonious contention……
But the minorities must bear in mind that although we are today ”riven by sects and atomized by castes”, our ideal is united India. This is an ideal, which no minority, which claims to be heard can fail to place in its forefront. That being so, it follows that every minority in formulating the safeguards it needs, must take care that they will not be incompatible with ."