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INDIA HOME TO THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS
There are more environmental conflicts in India than any other country, and more clashes are over water (27%) than any other cause, according to the recently released Global Environmental Justice...
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BROTIPS FROM BABASAHEB: PART 1
Original image: The Hawker (with his Dalit customer), 1870-90.
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IS THAT AMBEDKAR IN A NEW, SAFFRON SUIT?
One of my more embarrassing memories of life in Delhi and my travels in north India has been to see the ubiquitous public statues of Babasaheb Doctor Bhimrao Ambedkar — to give him the full title...
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CASTE IN STONE?
Years ago, when the school master in his hometown admonished him by hollering, “Naapiter chele naapit e thakbi. Tor kichchhu hobena!” (“A barber’s son will remain a barber. You will amount to...
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CONGRESS BOWS TO AMBEDKAR, FINALLY
There’s been a mad rush to appropriate Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s political legacy by parties of all political hues, which just goes to show how Dr Ambedkar has become more important than ever before....
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INDIA RANKS 118 IN WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT
India figured among 10 countries that saw that largest declines in happiness levels between 2005-07 and 2013-15, according to a report released last month. The World Happiness Report ranked 156...
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DON’T BLAME NEHRU FOR THE KOLLAM TEMPLE TRAGEDY
“The butler did it” is a hoary old trope in mystery fiction and widely regarded as the ultimate cliché. However, investigations into the provenance of the phrase have revealed that there are, in fact,...
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HOW HEALTHY ARE INDIANS TODAY?
The 71st survey report of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) on Health in India reveals that more people are hospitalized today than 20 years ago. The survey also reveals that more women...
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107 INDIAN CITIES DECLARED EARTHQUAKE PRONE
Eight new cities and towns have been added to a government list of urban areas vulnerable to earthquakes of “very severe intensity”, even as tremblors ripped through India’s northeast and the north...
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NL HAFTA- EPISODE 63
Did NDTV get it all wrong while covering the Assam elections? And what about The Times of India‘s example of hard-hitting journalism while covering the British royals’ visit? Is there gossip in...
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HANDWARA CURFEW CONTINUES, GIRL AND FATHER STILL IN CUSTODY
Barely 24 hours after two young Kashmiri men were killed in Army firing in Handwara, 70 km north of Srinagar, another young man was killed after being hit by a teargas shell as protests continued to...
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“BUDDHA AND AMBEDKAR WILL REMAIN.”
If there’s one thing Professor Kancha Ilaiah doesn’t shy away from, it’s being provocative. Author, academic and activist, Ilaiah has repeatedly made the news because of his opinions (the most recent...
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IN REMEMBRANCE OF BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR
Newslaundry brings you a series on Dr BR Ambedkar. It’s our way of remembering him and celebrating his 125th birth anniversary. Jai Bhim! Who was BR Ambedkar? Remembering Ambedkar: The trials of an...
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