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For most people, it’s just an acronym. The better informed might ask: “Isn’t that the birthplace of Bhimrao Ambedkar?”
By Amit Baruah
Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats
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| The Greatest Indian After Gandhi |
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Essay
We bestow ‘greatness’ easily in India. What makes a person great, do we really need great people, and drawing a lakshmanrekha for it in every life.
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Greatest Indian poll
For once, Ambedkar whips Nehru—and everyone else. This is how it unfolded...
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The Greatest Indian
So, finally, Ambedkar comes into his own in the national consciousness. Now perhaps it’s time to embrace a legacy sidelined by the dominant discourse.
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Vision For A New India
In his intolerance of inequality and creation of a rights-based constitution, Ambedkar’s vision for a modern India is still our blueprint for the future
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Ambedkar vs Gandhi
Gandhi and Ambedkar feuded over how they saw untouchability, one as just a sin of Hinduism, the other as the denial of rights to an oppressed people
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Identity Politics
Ambedkar knew that there would be outcasts as long as there are castes
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Counterpoint
The deification of Ambedkar and the refusal to countenance any criticism of him is dangerous. The disharmony it breeds works against his cause.
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Diminishing Dynasty
Guilt-tripping on Ambedkar cannot undermine Nehru’s achievements. You could contest his ideas but not his steering of India from colony to nation.
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Reclaiming Nehru
A beloved freedom fighter, then a reviled nation-builder. The pain of being Nehru.
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Ambedkar and Muslims
Ambedkar’s writings suggest an anti-Muslim streak. Did his words only derive from his sources or were they actually attempts to arrest Partition?
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Dalit: Politics
A rule of votebanks has relegated Ambedkar to being an inert icon in Dalit politics
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Opinion
His stature as a social actor often obscures the value of his scholarship
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Opinion
Ambedkar was more about class than caste, but the Left won’t see it that way
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Opinion
The everness of Ambedkar’s appeal lends him a messianic quality. Immortality.
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Opinion
Ambedkar’s Buddhism is a radical, rational reading of the traditional for our times
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Alternative Media
Dalit bards, bhajan mandalis and pamphleteers, largely from Maharashtra, have kept alive the image, the life story and the genius of Ambedkar
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The Ahimsa To Come
As one who can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, a young Ambedkar formulates his ahimsa of inclusion.
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Dalits across the seas
Growing up Dalit in the US, finding your roots, fighting for your identity
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Pedagogy
Why is it that Ambedkar and his work does not get the rightful amount of space in textbooks?
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Dalit Publishing
Bheem Patrika, published since 1958, is our longest-running Dalit periodical
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Dalits and Cinema
The Dalit presence, onscreen or behind it, has been a bit thin in Indian films
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Ambedkar Memorial In Delhi
The Babasaheb Ambedkar memorial in Delhi has seen better days. Political will can ensure that it sees them once again.
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Inter-caste Marriages
When marriage transcends caste lines, taking the leap is a big a leap of faith. Meet some whose faith has been rewarded.
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US: sikhs
Long battered, now in shock, American Sikhs hope for tolerance
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Pakistan: controversy
A top Pakistani official’s ‘act of penance’ for Taliban intolerance raises official hackles
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television: tam suit
Drama. Hypocrisy. The NDTV-TAM suit makes for must-see-TV.
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ISSUE EDITOR: S. ANAND
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