

Without her, Indian women would not have had the benefits of education. There have been consistent demands to observe her birthday as Teachers’ Day. With the first school for girls from different castes that she set up in Bhidewada, Pune (the seat of Brahmanism), Krantijyoti Savitribai, as she is reverentially known by the Indian Bahujan movement, blazed a revolutionary trail. Savitribai Phule, arguably India’s first woman teacher and a forgotten liberator, was born on January 3, 1831. US: Indian-origin man charged with attempting to kill president after he rams truck near White House.A Dalit scholar’s death and Brahmin dominance at India’s premier science institute.This book tells the story of the Tamil queen who led an army of women against the East India Company.How ‘Mother of democracy’, ‘Vishwaguru’ rhetoric is a buffer against Western criticism of India.Why the tiny island nation of Papua New Guinea is of big significance to world leaders.Hockey, FIH Pro League: Fit again, Tokyo hero Simranjeet Singh gunning to make up for lost time.Remembering the first major Carnatic music concert in the United States.Journalist: ‘South has closed the doors for BJP’ Amit Shah: ‘Don’t want to discuss politics today’.

‘Agra’ isn’t for the faint-hearted – and director Kanu Behl won’t have it any other way.Corazon, Angel, Donita live in Singapore as domestic workers.Two more Australian universities ban students from Punjab, Haryana and other states.Two more cheetah cubs die in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park.
