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TopicB. R. Ambedkar

Topic: B. R. Ambedkar

Ambedkar to Sai Baba—an exhibition blends art and academia to honour India’s saints

The Indian Saint Project exhibition features nine digital hand-painted iconographies of saints displayed in an open corridor setting.

Why Ambedkar remains a conundrum for RSS

While Ambedkar diverged with the RSS on Hinduism, some ideological convergences existed. Yet, his legacy resists appropriation by any ideological camp.

From Parliament to the streets, how BJP & Congress are planning to continue the tussle over Ambedkar

Congress is observing a week-long campaign with protest marches against Home Minister Shah as BJP launches a series of press conferences across the country, countering Opposition’s claims.

Fact Check: Kejriwal didn’t say Ambedkar was ‘drunk’ while drafting Constitution. Viral video clipped

In original video from 2012, Arvind Kejriwal talks about how Congress's constitution once said no party member will drink alcohol. There's no reference to Ambedkar or Indian Constitution.

Time to break out the (caramelised) popcorn

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

Oppn demands apology from Shah for Ambedkar remarks, Modi defends him: ‘Exposed Congress’s dark history’

Congress wants Shah to resign over his 'taking Ambedkar's name now fashionable' comment. BJP accuses Congress of playing cheap politics by circulating clipped version of Shah's speech.

What are the 22 vows of BR Ambedkar at the centre of BJP-AAP conversion controversy

The AAP minister Rajendra Pal Gautam resigned Sunday after being condemned by the BJP for participating in an event in which people allegedly denounced Hinduism.

Ambedkar was latecomer in world of stamps where Nehru’s and Gandhi’s ‘could fill floors’

An exhibition in New Delhi shows how India shed its anxiety over Ambedkar stamps from 1966 to 2016.

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.

Why it’s so easy for Modi to appropriate Tagore — or anyone

Our icons are just that, familiar visual images, because Indians don’t read.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

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.