The experiment to bring together the two strands did not succeed in RBM’s time. In that sense, RBM could be considered as the first proponent of the idea of bringing together the Communist and Dalit movements, which has been summed up by the slogan Jai Bhim-Laal Salam in contemporary politics. RBM sought to bring these two strands together. While the upper-caste leadership of the Communist party, particularly in the 1930s and 40s, consistently berated the anti-caste movement as a middle-class and elite phenomenon, RBM supported Ambedkar’s position on caste and untouchability. More (RBM) retained strong links with the Ambedkar-led anti-caste movement.
1 Sumeet Mhaskar’s conversations with Communist-affiliated trade union leaders in Mumbai.ĢDespite being a full-time communist, R.B. More (RBM) was originally published in the Marathi language in 2003 under the title Dalit Va Communist Chalvalicha Sashakta Duva: Comrade R.B. More (1903–1972) who began his political journey with the Ambedkar-led anti-caste movement and later joined the communist movement. The Memoirs of a Dalit Communist: The Many Worlds of R.B. In contrast, some of the recent Dalit biographies take us into non-Ambedkarite political movements such as the Socialists, the Communists and the Hindu extremist and caste supremacist outfit, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Meghwanshi 2020). In fact, Ambedkar and his politics acquired a central place in Dalit autobiographies. They gave insights into community history, anti-caste politics and the role Ambedkar played in their lives. The earlier Dalit autobiographies that made their mark since the 1960s exposed the readers to the Dalit life-worlds that were engulfed in caste-based discrimination and oppression. In addition, a different variety of Dalit autobiographies have also emerged. Translations of vernacular texts, especially Dalit autobiographies, have acquired prominence (Moon 2001 Pawar 2015 Pawar 2009 Pawar and Moon 2014 Rege 2018 Satyanarayana and Tharu 2013). 
The publication industry has profited greatly, with several new titles being published every month on Ambedkar and Dalits. 1 There has been considerable interest in writings on Dalits and Ambedkar in recent years.
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