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For a country which changed the Naval ensign saying symbols of slavery shall be removed, declaring state mourning is a contradiction, says a Delhi based writer
New Delhi, Sep. 11 (PTI): As India observes state mourning on Sunday over Queen Elizabeth II’s death, many people questioned the decision after the government’s attempts to remove “symbols of slavery” by rechristening Rajpath and unveiling a new naval ensign drawing inspiration from Chhatrapati Shivaji. The Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, fondly known as Lilibet, breathed her last on Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She reigned as UK’s longest-serving monarch for 70 years. She was 96. “For a country which changed the Naval ensign saying symbols of slavery shall be removed, declaring state mourning is a contradiction,” said Swapnil Narendra, a Delhi based writer. While people around the globe grieved for the Queen and highlighted her contribution to hundreds of charities, many others remembered how the countries colonised by the British paid for their legacy. Ananya Bhardwaj, PhD scholar at The George Washington University, said,
Many people questioned the decision after the government's attempts to remove "symbols of slavery" by rechristening Rajpath and unveiling a new naval ensign inspired by Chhatrapati Shivaji.
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Titled Oddity: Don’t Bend, Don’t Blend, a calendar featuring six people with disabilities was launched recently to spread awareness about disability and raise funds for organisations working for the betterment of people with disabilities.
Conceived by photographer Rishab Dahiya and his friend Purva Mittal, who has a neuromuscular genetic disorder known as Spinal Muscular Atrophy, characterised by weakness and wasting (atrophy) in muscles used for movement (skeletal muscles), the calendar features the latter, among five other Delhi-based people.
Photographer Rishab Dahiya
Dahiya, who did the shoot, says, “I had been thinking of doing a calendar for long but I wanted it to be different and meaningful because launching a calendar holds a very important position in a photographer’s life.”