An agitated Ambedkarite sent me a message yesterday. “Is it just the people who proclaim themselves as Ambedkarites who must protest and raise their voice against what happened in Dadar today? Why are others not expressing their angst?” He was referring to the demolition of Ambedkar Bhavan, which was carried out in the wee hours of Saturday. He lamented that only a handful of people cared about Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and his legacy in Mumbai.

But as the day passed, it turned out to be yet another round of ugly feuds between members of the Ambedkar family (primarily Babasaheb’s grandsons) and non-family members of the trusts that manage institutions that Dr Ambedkar had founded in his lifetime or came into existence after his death. A large section of Ambedkarites and sympathisers of the Dalit movement are fed up with the frequent spats that are detrimental to the welfare of the community.