1917 mein Bhimrao Ambedkar Columbia University se apni padhai poori karke Bharat laut aaye. Unke haath mein videsh ki unnat shiksha thi, dimaag mein naye vichaar the, aur dil mein Bharat ke liye ek nayi soch. Lekin jahan Columbia ne unhe sochne ki azadi di thi, Bharat ne unka swagat usi purani soch se kiya — jaati ke aadhar par tula gaya ek vyakti.
Baroda Rajya ne unhe jo scholarship di thi, uske badle mein unhe kuch samay ke liye seva deni thi. Unhe Baroda ke Military Secretary ke Office mein ek uchch pad par niyukt kiya gaya. Pehle din jab Bhimrao office gaye, unka man utsah se bhara tha. Lekin kuch hi dino mein unhe ahsaas ho gaya ki yeh seva ek naukri se zyada, ek manasik sangharsh hai.
Office mein adhikaari unse baat karne mein hichkichate the. Kuch log to unka naam sunte hi files door rakh dete the. Jab unhone kisi mudde par apna sujhav diya, to jawab mila — “Tum bas likho, sochna tumhara kaam nahi.”
Yeh wahi vyakti tha jinhone Columbia jaise vishwavidyalay se do M.A. kiye the, lekin yahan unka moolya sirf unki jaati se joda ja raha tha.
Rehne ke liye unhone ek Parsi hotel mein kamra liya. Shuruaat mein sab thik tha, lekin jab hotel ke logon ko pata chala ki wo Mahar jaati se hain, to unhe turant nikaal diya gaya. Unka samaan bahar fek diya gaya. Unhe raat sadak par bitaani padi. Columbia ka scholar, jise New York mein samman mila, usse apne hi desh mein apmaan ka samna karna pada.
Bhimrao ne samjha ki yeh naukri unke liye nahi hai. Unhone turant Baroda ki seva chhod di aur Bombay laut aaye. Lekin ab wo pehle jaise nahi the. Baroda ka yeh anubhav unke jeevan ka ek turning point ban gaya. Unhone tay kiya ki ab wo sirf vyakti ke roop mein nahi, samaj ke neta ke roop mein kaam karenge.
Ab Bhimrao ke dimaag mein ek naya sapna tha — Bharat ka kanoon samajhne aur badalne ka. Unhone apni nazar phir se us jagah ghumayi jahan unka ek sapna adhura chhuta tha — London.
Agla padav tha — London. Jahan ek adhura sapna unka intezaar kar raha tha, aur jahan se unhe Bharat ke liye kanoon aur samvidhan ki samajh lekar lautna tha.