Photo gallery: A walk through Mayawati’s Dalit park | India Insight
On a hot Tuesday afternoon, I walked into the recently reopened Dalit park in Noida, outside New Delhi. This is the park built by Mayawati, the 57-year-old former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, as a...
View ArticleIndia Marks 125th Anniversary of Ambedkar’s Birth – India Real Time – WSJ
Tuesday marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the man who framed India’s constitution. A lawyer, he also served as the country’s first law minister after independence. Mr....
View ArticleThe Statesman: Let’s make India Ambedkar dreamt of: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to to BR Ambedkar on his 124th birth anniversary, and said, “Let us pledge to dedicate ourselves to creating India that Ambedkar dreamt of…an India...
View ArticleWhy are millions of Indians marching in silence? – BBC News
It is a unique protest: the silent marchers have no leaders; and they include the peasant and the professional. Women lead many of the marches; and politicians are not allowed to seize them. It is a...
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