Ambedkar got a bitter lesson in compromise, trading separate electorates for reserved seats that kept us inside Hindu society's cage. Gandhi's fast forced us to settle for a share of a poisoned well. My life teaching in Gangtok shows me this: even my small flat, which feels too permanent now, is a reserved seat in a system—I have a room, but the mountain, the real belonging, is still viewed from a distance.
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