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Research on Dalit Assertion in Punjabi Music
Research on Dalit Assertion in Punjabi MusicFollowing my blogs on Bootan Mandi, dalit assertion and related subjects, one of the researchers, Prof. Peter Manuel of the Music Department of the City...
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Book Release - Prof. Om Parkash Sampla’s Autobiographical Account
Book Release - Prof. Om Parkash Sampla’s Autobiographical AccountI met Prof. Om Parkash Sampla about six months ago in my office at Bootan Mandi, Jalandhar at his own initiative. Before that we had...
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Complementarities of Guru Ravidass and Babasaheb Ambedkar
Complementarities of Guru Ravidass and Babasaheb AmbedkarThe birth anniversary of Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar falls on April 14. The day of one of the greatest sons of India is celebrated and observed with...
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Buddha, Ravidass and Ambedkar
Buddha, Ravidass and AmbedkarI wrote in my blog last week about the complementary approaches of the “Mala Ke Teen Moti” – a term used by one of my fellow enlightened BootanMandians, Pritam Ramdaspuri...
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Pay Back to Society – Lofty Ideal of SPEED & RELIT
Pay Back to Society – Lofty Ideal of SPEED & RELITSPEED – Society for Poor’s Educational and Economic Development and RELIT – An all India networking platform of volunteers and social groups to...
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Mera Jiwan Pandh – Biographic narration of Gurdass Ram Alam
My friend, Sohan Sehjal, a known poet and writer of Punjabi, was kind enough to send me a newly published book in Punjabi “Mera Jiwan Pandh” – a biographic narration of a renowned Punjabi poet and...
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Bits and Pieces – As I please
Bits and Pieces – As I pleaseI am a regular follower of a much senior IFS colleague and former EAM, Kunwar Natwar Singh. Natwar Singh is an erudite scholar and a writer. I immensely enjoy reading his...
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Bits and Pieces – As I Please - 2
Bits and Pieces – As I Please - 2Choice between two truths: - The Presidential election is scheduled to be held on July 17, 2017. The two main candidates in the election are – Ram Nath Kovind of the...
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Bits and Pieces – As I please – 3
Bits and Pieces – As I please – 3Vice-Presidential Election: - The position of the Vice President of India is an important position in the warrant of precedence of India. Our fore-fathers in the...
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Lahori Ram Balley – Happy Birthday
Lahori Ram Balley – Happy Birthday Lahori Ram Balley (July 20, 1930), an ardent Ambedkarite and a social and political leader of Jalandhar, entered his 88thyear last week week. I wished him happy...
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Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 4
Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 4President Ram Nath Kovind:- President Ram Nath Kovind took the oath of office on July 25 as the 14th President of India at a befitting ceremony at the Central Hall of...
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Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 5
Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 5Cashless transactions: - PM Narendra Modi and FM Arun Jaitley and other ministers and functionaries of the government preached and propagated cashless transactions by...
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Book Review – Ambedkar Mission Atey Bodhi Dham
Book Review – Ambedkar Mission Atey Bodhi DhamThe Punjab Chapter of the Samta Sainik Dal invited me to a book release function on July 2, 2017, of a recent Punjabi publication “Ambedkar Mission Atey...
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International Day of Equality
Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 6International Day of Equality - Greetings on Independence DayPMO, in a routine circular E-mail message, asked for ideas and suggestions for the PM’s Independence Day...
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Ahisas – a collection of Punjabi Ghazals of Roop Sidhu
Ahisas – a collection of Punjabi Ghazals of Roop SidhuRoop Sidhu’s maiden literary venture – Ahisas, a collection of Punjabi ghazals was released on August 16, 2017 at Desh Bhagat Yadgar Hall in...
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Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 7
Bits and Pieces – As I Please – 7Hardeep Singh Puri– Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri, IFS (Retired), one of the finest and most decorated diplomats of India, has been inducted into the Council of...
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Scheduled Caste Entrepreneurs Empowerment Forum
Scheduled Caste Entrepreneurs Empowerment ForumThe newly launched outfit, Scheduled Caste Entrepreneurs Empowerment Forum (SCEEF) organized an awareness seminar “Opportunities for SC Entrepreneurs...
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Interpreters of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) The immediate provocation to write this is a brief story in the Outlook magazine of September 4, 2017 “The Missing Plate” about the Interpreter who...
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Babu Kanshi Ram – A Tribute
Babu Kanshi Ram – A TributeToday, October 9, is the death anniversary of dalit icon Babu Kanshi Ram (1934-2006). Babu Kanshi Ram, addressed as Manyavar by his admirers and followers, was a leader by...
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Revival of Buddhism in India and Babasaheb Ambedkar
Revival of Buddhism in India and Babasaheb AmbedkarToday, October 14 is the Diksha Day when Dr. B.R. Ambedkar embraced Buddhism, a big and historical step towards revival of Buddhism in India. I write...
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