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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
TopicWarkari movement

Topic: warkari movement

Where Warkaris see devotion, politicians see ‘marketing’ — following annual ‘Wari’ pilgrimage

Warkaris belonging to apolitical, caste-less sect, see political parties warming up to them — from BRS chief KCR to Shinde govt which announced health insurance for pilgrims.

Padharpur Wari honours Tukaram, Dyaneswar. But don’t forget Dalit poets Janabai, Soyarabai

Sant Soyarabai and Sant Janabai wrote devotional poetry for Lord Vitthal whose temple they could not enter because of their caste.

On Camera

Kendrick and Drake are warring. Surprise, surprise, women are collateral

Diss tracks are supposed to be rife with insults but this one has gone on to reaffirm the code of silence—one that even enemies are willing to uphold within hip-hop’s boys’ club.

What’s the job like for today’s RBI Guv? Subbarao says balancing growth & inflation less testing now

In contrast, he said, the fear in 2012 was one of possible stagflation, where growth was falling and inflation was high.

Retired Indian Army Colonel working with UN killed in Rafah, Israel orders probe

Eight months into the war, this is believed to be the first 'international' casualty to be reported. 46-year-old Waibhav Kale joined UNDSS two months ago ‘to make a difference’. 

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

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.