1st sentence of Annihilation of Caste by B.R. Ambedkar, forwarded by Arundhati Roy

'Annihilation of Caste' is the nearly eighty-year-old text of a speech that was never delivered. - Arundhati Roy

Friends, I am really sorry for the members of the Jat-Pat Todak Mandal who have so very kindly invited me to preside over this conference. - BR Ambedkar