The tradition of kavad banchana involves carrying the kavad to different places, mostly homes of the patrons, and narrating stories from epics such as the Mahabharata or Ramayana.
My Instagram bio reads ‘Namasudra Dalit, West Bengal’. But around 10 men – whom I had added from dating apps – unfollowed and blocked me after learning about my identity.
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.
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