Democracy in Form and Substance: Revisiting Ambedkar’s Conception of Social Democracy in Postcolonial Contexts Introduction B.R. Ambedkar’s seminal warning that “political democracy cannot last unless it lies at the base of social democracy” represents more than a normative appeal; it articulates a foundational tension in the postcolonial project of nation-building, especially in plural and stratified … Continue reading To what extent does B.R. Ambedkar’s assertion—that political democracy is unsustainable without the establishment of social democracy—underscore the interdependence between formal political institutions and substantive social equality in postcolonial democratic states?