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CREATING THE SOCIAL FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINING DEMOCRACY A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE IDEAS OF N. F. S. GRUNDTVIG (1783 -1872) DENMARK and B. R. AMBEDKAR (1881-1956) INDIA by W. J. Basil Fernando Published in August 2000 by the Asian Human Rights Commission, 133 pages, ISBN - 962-8314-08-4

Foreword

Chapter One: The Theme: Demoralization and Hope

Chapter Two: The Basic Similarities Between the Ideas of Grundtvig and Ambedkar

Chapter Three: A Seeming Difference

Chapter Four: The Caste Notion and the Nation

Chapter Five: Living Dialogue Beyond Party Politics

Chapter Six: The Indian Renaissance

Chapter Seven: Social Demoralization

Chapter Eight: Hope and the Spirit of the Nation

Chapter Nine: The Inner Balance

Chapter Ten: Shudras- Untouchables- Dalits

Chapter Eleven: The Intellectuals and Social Equality

An Afterword