“Self-respect is the most vital asset in life. Without it, a human being is a cipher. To live with self-respect, one must overcome all difficulties.”
— Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Architect of Modern India, Jurist & Social Thinker
Published in Bahishkrit Bharat (1927), inspiring the depressed classes to awaken their self-respect and reject humiliating social subjection.