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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicAmbedkar Jayanti

Topic: Ambedkar Jayanti

‘Eyes closed, head first, can’t lose’ path to law & order and group therapy (American Icons edition)

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Ambedkar made human rights Indian ideals in fight against caste—before they became global slogans

BR Ambedkar not only indigenised the concept of human rights but also reinstated human values in a society long dehumanised by the Varna system.

Ambedkar Jayanti is changing. It’s now a dance party & vote-seeking festival

The streets were never ours. They were owned by dandiya/garba players, visarjan revellers, dahi-handi crowd, Holi groups—but on Ambedkar Jayanti every year the streets turned blue.

125-ft statue of Ambedkar, awards for social service — how KCR is trying to shed ‘feudal image’

KCR, who hails from Velama (landlord) community, said every minister who comes to Secretariat should see the statue and think of implementing Ambedkar's principles.

Ambedkar Jayanti at Mumbai’s TISS called off as chief guest doesn’t get permission to attend

A Dalit students association had invited Ambedkar's great-grandson but the administration said 'outsiders' would not be allowed on campus.

We need Babasaheb Ambedkar to re-vision India. But first, rescue his legacy from 3 reductions

We have reduced Ambedkar into an angry old man who indicted the Hindu social order. We do not expect or allow an oppressed voice to occupy the sacred space of reason.

Seeing Ambedkar as Dalit icon is narrow. Understand his feminist vision for Indian women

The Manusmriti said 'women have no right to education'. Ambedkar's fight for their education and property rights shows why he wasn't just a Dalit icon.

Why BJP is the rightful heir to the legacy of Ambedkar

Ambedkar's views on China show that he was a visionary diplomat, much better than the self-declared internationalist — Nehru, who wanted him out.

Ambedkar took on Brahmins in Indian media for their loyalty to the Congress party

Ambedkar considered the criticism he received from what he called the Congress press as a reflex of the hatred of Hindus for the untouchables.

Columbia University teaches Ambedkar’s biography, but few in India have even read it

A casteist and ideological bias has ensured that Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography is a celebrated work while Ambedkar's memoir is hardly known.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.