India, Aug. 14 -- It was autumn 1928. A tornado of protests against a commission led by British advocate John Simon was sweeping the still-British colony of India. Defying the groundswell led by the Indian National Congress, a 37-year-old barrister reached Pune to give his statement in front of the seven-member panel. Dr BR Ambedkar's statement pushed back against the demand that the all-British panel should have had an Indian member - the principal contention of the Congress - because he felt caste elites could not have appreciated his demand for dignity....