It is a travesty of history that Ambedkar, whose mortifying critiques of the caste system are routinely cited by 'liberals' to scorn and deride Hinduism, but whose trenchant criticism of Islam, and particularly the history of Muslims in India, has received little critical scrutiny and has been swept under the carpet. Babasaheb Ambedkar's forthrightness and unapologetic voicing of his views were two of his most enduring characteristics. He was unafraid to speak his views, frequently on complicated matters that politicians at the time ignored.