BY DEV PATHAK Banning and burning books makes for colorful spectacles to which the notion of rationality vis-à-vis free expression falls casualty. December 25 is a date with sacred value for the Dalit community in India, as it is so for Christian communities all over the world. On December 25, 1927, Baba Sahab Bhim Rao Ambedkar …

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