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New Delhi Journal; A Call to the Downtrodden: Break Down the Door

by rti_adminon October 12, 2011March 20, 20230

Barbara Crossette [From The New York Times archives] A brown washcloth in hand to mop his brow under the fiery Indian sun, Kanshi Ram stepped up to the microphones to start a revolution. Tens of thousands of India’s most disadvantaged people – the poor, the powerless, the untouchables – sat along the capital’s stately …

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New Delhi Journal; Prophet for the Humble: Will They Inherit India?

by rti_adminon October 10, 2011March 20, 20230

Steven R. Weisman [From The New York Times archives] Anyone who finishes third in a local election in India can usually start thinking about retirement. But the recent third-place showing in a parliamentary race by Kanshi Ram, a fiery champion of the rights of untouchables and other low castes, was strong enough to shake …