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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.

All should get benefit of govt schemes irrespective of caste, creed & other factors: PM Modi

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.

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

Priyanka Chopra is the latest victim of Indians’ food hypocrisy

We celebrate birthdays with pizza and pasta, and serve dumplings, sushi, and Thai curry at weddings. But Priyanka picking hot dog over vada pav is a problem?

India-US trade talks in final stages, withdrawn NITI Aayog paper shifts focus to GM soybean, corn

Working paper invited backlash from several farmers’ groups including BKU & BKS who opposed recommendation for import of genetically modified soybean & corn for oil extraction.

‘Show me one photo of any damage in India’—NSA Ajit Doval dares foreign media on Op Sindoor

Doval pushes back against foreign media narratives that suggested Pakistan inflicted damage on India, hails armed forces for precision of strikes, effectiveness of indigenous weapons.

Kutch was the cue, Sindoor the signal. India needs a 6-month, 2-yr & 5-yr plan for Asim Munir

Kutch is our most forgotten war with Pakistan. Learn from it and draw up a plan for the next six months, two years and five years.