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Saturday, March 14, 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

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.