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New political persona of Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar

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New political persona of prominent Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar Camil Parkhe  goo.gl/zkm2qt    Saturday, 3 February 2018 With the recent incidents at Koregaon-Bhima, Dalits and others are perceiving some signs of consolidation of the Dalit force and emergence of a Dalit leadership in the persona of Prakash Ambedkar. The Dalits in Maharashtra are decisive in tilting the political fortunes in the State. The 1998 Lok Sabha polls had proved this when various fractions of the Ambedkarite Republican Party had unified for the first time and won as many as four Lok Sabha seats in the State. At that time, RS Gavai (Amravati), Prakash Ambedkar (Akola), Ramdas Athavale (Pandharpur) and Jogendra Kawade (Chimur) were elected to the Lok Sabha. This was possible as the Congress with Sharad Pawar as the Chief Minister in Maharashtra was instrumental in forging the RPI factions unit...

Pune's Sr Benedicta to attend Mother Teresa’s canonisation

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Sr Benedicta to attend Mother Teresa’s canonisation in Vatican Reporters Name | CAMIL PARKHE |  Monday, 1 August 2016 AT 10:29 PM IST       http://goo.gl/o1CgYs                     Camil Parkhe  ,  Mother Teresa ,  canonisation ,  Sr Benedicta  Sakal Times Pune:  Sr Benedicta from Pune will be part of the Indian contingent, led by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, which will attend the canonisation of Mother Teresa at Vatican City on September 4. Sr Benedicta is a nun belonging to the Missionaries of Charity Convent located at Tadiwala Road here. The congregation’s Maharashtra provincial Sr Jinette and Sr Karuna from Amravati are two other nuns who will attend the ceremony.  Two or three nuns from each province of the Missionaries of Charity from all over the world are scheduled to participate in the canonisation ceremony at Vatican.  Pope Francis will de...