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Over the last year, 1,710 government-run primary schools have been shut down in Assam, in the name of merger with nearby schools. Also: ‘Over-Crowded’ Classrooms, Girls Dropping Out: Delhi Govt Comes Under Fire Over Merger of Schools.
In contrast to all the great Hindu preachers, we have people today – some incredibly clad in saffron – constantly tormenting and verbally and physically attacking minorities.
If Gandhi and Ambedkar are indispensable to political thought today, it is because both are deeply committed to the figure of the minor, and to an equality centred around this figure. This is why we must study the antagonism between them.
Instead of being recognised for their conservation efforts and relationship with nature, tribal communities are paying the price for ‘development’.
A recent study on impact of droughts catalysed by climate change on Dalits and the Adivasis of Marathwada region of Maharashtra points to the grim reality that it is the socially and economically vulnerable who are the worst sufferers of these weather-related natural disasters.
Their health, and the health of their children, is put at risk because they lack the documents needed to obtain the biometric number.
Gandhi remains so real. It is because he drew meaning from ordinary things, especially those that signified the persistence of friendship and love amidst hatred and violence. That is why his life and message are so much a part of the “still sad music of humanity”.
The struggle for inter-faith harmony remains vital and urgent. To overcome the malign forces of Hindutva, we need Ambedkar and Gandhi on the same side.
May 2000: There are four Gandhis who have survived Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s death. Fifty years after Gandhi’s (1861-1948) assassination, it may be useful to establish their identities.
At the very outset, two things can be said about Gandhi. One, no leader of modern India has been misunderstood as much as Gandhi. It would be true to say that Gandhi has been written about a lot, but understood very little. Two, today we need to understand him more than ever before.
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