During a media briefing, he said the photos of Ganesha and Lakshmi could be printed on fresh currency notes. He added that the new notes could have a picture of Mahatma Gandhi on one side and of the two deities on the other
The BJP's campaign against Rajendra Pal Gautam for being part of a Buddhist conversion programme is nothing less than a frontal attack on Dr B.R. Ambedkar, his life and his values.
From Union Minister Giriraj Singh to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, as well as many veteran BJP leaders, hailed the judgment which was clearly evident with reverberating chants of Lord Shiva made by them.
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You could simply not read their work. But an increasingly narrow prudishness is being used to police art and artists in the name of religion, which goes against the traditions of good-natured irreverence and intimacy that Indian cultures have long been cozy with