I. Introduction;
2. The Rise of Dr Ambedkar;
3. Constitutional Discourse before Dr Ambedkar and in Subsequent Years;
4. Ideas on Popular Government and Citizenship;
5. Shaping the Language of Rights;
6. The Mahad Satyagraha-First Walk to Freedom;
7. Equal Voting Rights (Universal Adult Franchise);
8. Historical Reservation for the Oppressor Castes v. Affirmative Action for Oppressed Castes;
9. Drafting of the Government of India Act 1935;
10. Annihilation of Caste-From a Constitutional Perspective;
11. An Enhanced Version of Separation of Power;
12. Learning from Global Constitutional Evolution;
13. Foundations of the Indian Constitution;
14. Interrelation between Civil-Political and Socio-Economic Rights;
15. Being Chosen as Chairman of the Drafting Committee;
16. Constitution-Making;
17. Father of the Indian Constitution;
18. Conditions Precedent for the Successful Working of Democracy;
19. A Constitutional Vision for Political Democracy;
20. Did Dr Ambedkar Want to Burn the Constitution?;
21. The Myth of the Ten-Year Limit on Reservations and Dr Ambedkar's Stance.

Dr Ambedkar’s role in the cause of social emancipation has been researched and written about extensively. His part in the drafting of the Indian Constitution between 1946 and 1950 has also received considerable attention.

In The Foresighted Ambedkar, Anurag Bhaskar argues that India’s Constitution was drafted not just between 1946 and 1950 but over the course of four decades. Dr Ambedkar was the only person to have been involved at all the stages related to the drafting of the Indian constitutional document since 1919. These stages bear the imprint of his contribution and role.

This book seeks to focus on Dr Ambedkar’s influence on the Indian constitutional discourse from 1919, when he entered public life, until the actual writing of the Constitution and even beyond. Covering the different constitutional moments as and when they happened, it highlights Dr Ambedkar’s role in those moments.

A seminal work of intellectual and constitutional history, this volume demonstrates why Dr Ambedkar is rightly called the ‘Father of the Indian Constitution’.