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  • Dhammachakra Anupravartan Din – The Unique Utsav

    Dhammachakra Anupravartan Din – The Unique Utsav

    Dhammachakra Anupravartan Din – The Unique Utsav   It is well-known that Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar converted with hundreds of thousands of his followers to Buddhism on 14 October 1956 at Nagpur. The day after that Babasaheb travelled to Chandrapur, and here too his followers converted to Buddhism on 16th October 1956. Every year, masses of Dr.

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  • Caste Census – Challenges of Controlling the Long Term Spin

    Caste Census – Challenges of Controlling the Long Term Spin

    Caste Census – Challenges of Controlling the Long-Term Spin    Bihar is the first state to complete the caste census and bring out the results showing that OBCs and EBCs comprise more than 60% of the population while Scheduled Castes comprise about 20% of the population, Scheduled Tribes less than 2% of the population and

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  • श्रमिक एल्गार आणि गांधी विचार

    श्रमिक एल्गार आणि गांधी विचार

    श्रमिक एल्गार आणि गांधी विचार ‘बापू तेरे देश में, दारू खुली बजार में’, ‘गांधी तेरे राज में, दारू खुली बजार में’ अशा घोषणा देत, मूल शहरात 2 आॅक्टोबर 2001 ला मूल पोलिस स्टेशनवर दारूबंदीच्या मागणीसाठी श्रमिक एल्गारचा मोर्चा धडकला. मोर्चातील हजारोंची गर्दी पाहून मूल वासीयांच्या तोंडात आश्चर्याने बोटे टाकली होती. हातात गांधीच्या शेकडो तसबीरी, दोन—दोनच्या

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  • Rama Mehta’s Cornucopia

    Rama Mehta’s Cornucopia   Am I in a Dream? 23 September 2023, I walked up the stage of the Vidya Bhawan Auditorium at Udaipur to receive this year’s Rama Mehta Writing Grant Award for English. Sara Rai, a scholar, author and translator, the granddaughter of the towering intellectual Premchand was on stage along with Vikram

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  • The Aftermath of Sexual Violence – Two Books and a Film

    The Aftermath of Sexual Violence – Two Books and a Film

    The Aftermath of Sexual Violence – Two Books and a Film It is a coincidence that the two books I read recently and a film I watched on the OTT Prime Amazon all revolve around the common theme of sexual violence. The three are set in different societies, Mexico, India and the US, but all

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  • ‘My Pursuit for No Caste, No Religion’

    ‘My Pursuit for No Caste, No Religion’

    ‘MY PURSUIT FOR NO CASTE, NO RELIGION’ Being born to a Baniya Hindu family, It was both a privilege as well as a disability for me. From the cradle itself, this society has taught me about the superiority of my Caste as well as my Religion, which was forced upon me owing to my birth

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  • Memories of the Quit India Movement at Dhekiajuli

    Memories of the Quit India Movement at Dhekiajuli

    Memories of the Quit India Movement at Dhekiajuli Some places of India’s freedom struggle dwell in our consciousness – Jallianwala Bagh for instance or Gowalia Tank Maidan, Jhansi and Meerat and Chauri Chaura. But there are many other places scattered across the country marked by Shaheed Minars and Hutatma Smaraks which remain unknown to the

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  • Kolam Youths Allege Toolkit Scam

    Kolam Youths Allege Toolkit Scam

    Kolam Youths Allege Toolkit Scam Complain against ITI Jivti to Tribal Development Project Officer, Chandrapur   A group of youths belonging to the Kolam community from Jivti and Korpana blocks of Chandrapur district met the TDPO to complain about corruption in toolkit purchase by ITI Jivti. All the youths have completed the required skill development

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  • हिंदू गोर बंजा-यांचा कुंभमेळा (Book Review)

    हिंदू गोर बंजा-यांचा कुंभमेळा (Book Review)

    भारतीय मुलतत्ववाद्यांचा नवा प्रयोग ———————————————- हिंदू गोर बंजा-यांचा कुंभमेळा ———————————————–   २०२३ या वर्षीच्या सुरुवातीच्या महिन्यात म्हणजे जानेवारी संपता संपता जळगाव जिल्ह्य़ातील जामनेर तालुक्यातील गोद्री या गावी( हे गाव विद्यमान मंत्री गिरीश महाजन यांच्या मतदार संघातील आहे.) २५ते ३० या तारखांना अखिल भारतीय हिंदू गोर बंजारा व लबाना-नायकडा समाजाचे वतीने कुंभमेळ्याचे आयोजन करण्यात आले होते.याच्या

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  • Dr. Narendra Dabholkar’s Spirit Thrives in Nashik

    Dr. Narendra Dabholkar’s Spirit Thrives in Nashik

    Dr. Narendra Dabholkar’s Spirit Thrives in Nashik Dr. Narendra Dabholkar was murdered on August 20, 2013 but the social organisations and activists of Nashik have kept his spirit alive to this day. On the 20th of every month more than forty such organisations come together through a programme called Dr. Narendra Dabholkar Vivek Vyakhanmala. It is

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