Indian intellectual tradition has not emphasized rigid classification of ideas. Instead, it has fostered a philosophy of coexistence rather than confrontation.
A temple of Sant Ravidas in Sagar district is merely an electoral promise by BJP to woo Dalits when several Ambedkar statues have been vandalised all over Madhya Pradesh.
In BJP's national executive meet this month, PM Modi had urged leaders to visit Sant Ravidas temples & reach out to Dalits. State units now set to celebrate Ravidas Jayanti in a big way.
As PM Modi, Rahul & Priyanka Gandhi pay homage on Ravidas Jayanti, all political parties this poll season have tried to cash in on fierce Dalit pride symbolised by the Guru.
BJP is expecting lakhs of devotees to visit Varanasi’s Sant Ravidas temple ahead of 16 Feb birth anniversary. It has decided to felicitate temple saints, among other programmes.
The EC Monday postponed Punjab assembly elections from 14 to 20 February, avoiding a date on which lakhs of voters would likely be out of state to honour Sant Ravidas.
The prime minister invoked Sant Ravidas on his birth anniversary to urge people to end caste discrimination and identify those who promote it for self interest.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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