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Ambedkar's shifting legacy

In his introduction, the author voices the Ambedkarite anger at Gandhi and communists

B R Ambedkar
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Archis Mohan
No Laughing Matter: The Ambedkar Cartoons 1932-1956 Edited and selected by Unnamati 
Syama Sundar
Navayana
Pages: 407; Price: Rs 599

What is the representation of Dalits in India’s newsrooms? I have seen quite a few in the half-a-dozen newsrooms in which I have worked in nearly two decades in journalism. They clean the toilets and are entrusted occasionally with the upkeep of in-house canteens. I cannot remember having had a Dalit journalist colleague. If there were any, they may have thought it wiser to keep their caste identity concealed and never spoke on Dalit-related issues.

Constitution-mandated quotas in government jobs and public education