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Topic: Sant Ravidas

SubscriberWrites: Dialectics between Bhakti and Mukti Movements in India

Indian intellectual tradition has not emphasized rigid classification of ideas. Instead, it has fostered a philosophy of coexistence rather than confrontation.

BJP’s Sant Ravidas temple isn’t just a way to woo Dalits. It’s the new subaltern Hindutva

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.

BJP’s Ravidas Jayanti push to woo Dalits in poll-bound states — shobha yatras, sant sammelans

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.

What Guru Ravidas’ legacy means in Punjab elections, and why politicians are vying to claim it

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 SC Morcha to hold week-long celebration of Guru Ravidas Jayanti, with eye on Dalit votes

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.

Ravidas Jayanti & the Dalit vote — why Punjab parties got EC to shift polling date by 6 days

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.

Dear media, stop Chandrashekhar Azad vs Mayawati tales. Dalits can have more than one leader

BSP has never been a party of mass protests. So why should Mayawati support Ravidas agitations?

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad’s Ravidas march shows he’s new lion of Bahujan movement

The new-age Robin Hoods of Uttar Pradesh are leading a social movement built on Ambedkar’s principled idea for Dalits - educate, organise, agitate.

Ravidas was a Dalit guru who ran a business, dressed lavishly and made a queen his disciple

Guru Ravidas, born a ‘social impure’ chamar, spoke to the practising Hindus about purity of conscience.

On Camera

How Djokovic & his luck outplayed opponents in major tournaments—walkovers to retirements

By the 2024 US Open, ESPN noted that Djokovic had advanced via opponent retirements or walkovers 16 times at Majors, the most of any male player in the Open Era.

Flagging growing obesity & heart disease risk, Economic Survey recommends hiking taxes on junk food

The Economic Survey linked ultra-processed foods (UPFs) with worsening diet quality and higher risks of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and mental health conditions.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.