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.
At Congress foundation day rally, Kharge & Rahul Gandhi accuse RSS of capturing educational institutes, promise to implement Nyay scheme from 2019 manifesto, reiterate caste census pledge.
Somnath Waghmare's documentary on Babasaheb’s resting place at Dadar serves as a walking tour for those oblivious to the drumbeats of Dalit assertion that plays out every 6 December.
In all likelihood, there won't be any action against Akram, as there is no law in Pakistan that penalises citizens for making such remarks. In India, things are way different.
Statue was inaugurated in a Maryland suburb of Washington, DC, with hundreds of Indian Americans in attendance. It was designed by Ram Sutar, the sculptor who also created Statue of Unity in Gujarat.
In 'A Part Apart: The Life and Thought of B.R. Ambedkar', Ashok Gopal uncovers the unrelenting toil and struggle that went into the making of Ambedkar legend.
Yamini Narayanan's book Mother Cow, Mother India says that violence is inherent to dairying and slaughter is an essential part of the milk production line.
Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
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