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286 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES<br />

complaint on the ground that as he was low caste man he had no<br />

reputation. The High Court had to intervene and direct the Magistrate<br />

that he was wrong in his view and that under the Penal Code all persons<br />

were equal. But the question remains, how did the Magistrate get the<br />

idea that an untouchable had no reputation ? Surely from the teaching<br />

of the Manu Smriti.<br />

The Dharma of Manu had never been a mere past. It is as present<br />

as though it were enacted today. It bids fair to continue to have its<br />

sway in the future. The only question is whether its sway will be for a<br />

time or for ever.<br />

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