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In this issue
24 On
Greatness
Lead essay
by VINOD MEHTA
32 Anatomy of a Survey
How we determined
The Greatest Indian After Gandhi
38 Bhim Raj Anyone?
S. ANAND on Ambedkar’s rise at
last in the national consciousness
46 The Other Father
RAJA SEKHAR VUNDRU on BR’s
role in fashioning the body politic
48 Versus Gandhi
GAIL OMVEDT on how Gandhi’s
view on untouchability differed
from Ambedkar’s
54 The Theology of
Intolerance
SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI
on why deifying Ambedkar
only undermines his cause
60 Higher Statesman?
Guilt-tripping on Ambedkar
should not make us belittle
Nehru’s many achievements
62 Reclaiming Nehru
APOORVANAND wonders
if India’s first premier was really
a god who failed
64 Bias That Wasn’t?
Was BR as anti-Muslim as his
writing suggests?
68 DALIT POLITICS
POST BHIMRAO
Lesser Fight
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