Hindustan Times
Since we have relegated the arduous task of thinking — that key determinant that differentiates man from beast — to our leaders, we need to accept its consequences as well. The Babasaheb Ambedkar controversy, conveniently aroused six decades after an innocuous cartoon (look carefully, it is clear that Jawaharlal Nehru is whipping the snail, not Ambedkar) was published, is really an investment in a future that says the following: if yesterday’s leaders are today’s gods, tomorrow’s gods will emerge out of today’s MPs. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Filed under India, religion · Tagged Babasaheb Ambedkar, books, cartoon, controversy, Dalit, democracy, Gautam Chikermane, gods, India, Kapil Sibal, movie, MPs, National Council Of Educational Research And Training, NCERT, Parliament, politics
