UPSC CSE Mains 2023 season has begun. Are you ready for it? Here are questions on rationality and mental health case study from GS paper 4 for this week with essential points as the fodder for your answers. Try them out!
Lingayatism was founded to disrupt Hinduism's Brahminical order. Centuries later, the community's social elite and new middle class has embraced the neoliberal and communal policies beloved of the Sangh Parivar.
With the Karnataka government firmly backing militant Hindutva groups and promising hardline action against Muslims even before their roles as accused are established, little is left to imagination.
People offer floral tributes to a portrait of Bhimrao Ambedkar on his birth anniversary in Hyderabad, India on April 14, 2021 [AP/Mahesh Kumar A]
This April, Dalit History Month was once again celebrated by various educational institutions outside India, where special events were held to mark the occasion. Dalit History Month is closely associated with the celebration of the life and work of B R Ambedkar, the eminent Indian scholar, Dalit intellectual and social reformer, who has become a central figure in the Dalit struggle.
In India, the month of April is celebrated with different names such as Ambedkar Month, or Ambedkar Saptah (Ambedkar Weeks) with pan-India multilingual music festivals, lectures, publications, seminars, and art exhibitions to observe and meditate on Dalit culture and history.