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After Gandhi retired from politics in 1933, he took as his central theme the campaign for the uplift of untouchables, whom he called harijans ( "people of God").
www.blogalaxia.com Directorio y Buscador de Blogs Latinos 2009
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Despite all the propaganda about his efforts to uplift the "harijans", Dr. Ambedkar, the great author of the Indian constitution, found him patronizing and an outright protector of the evils of caste system that are deeply trenched in Hinduism.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2009
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The harijans up top of the bus, who neither got to see that girl's incredible breasts, nor understand why they were flying through the air as the driver slammed the brakes at the edge of the ravine, which the bus...
The Fine Art of Writing Action Scenes: A Tutorial By Tony D'Souza 2008
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The harijans up top of the bus, who neither got to see that girl's incredible breasts, nor understand why they were flying through the air as the driver slammed the brakes at the edge of the ravine, which the bus...
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In 1981 a total of 1,429 officially designated ‘crimes against harijans’ wre reported in UP, campared with only eight in Bengal and ninety four in kerala.
Archive 2008-05-01 kesav 2008
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MOHANDAS GANDHI CALLED them the harijans -- children of God.
A Grown-Up Election 2008
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In 1981 a total of 1,429 officially designated ‘crimes against harijans’ wre reported in UP, campared with only eight in Bengal and ninety four in kerala.
Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2008
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It gave harijans dignity but not power; moral and to some extent, social but not political and economic equality; self respect but not self confidence to organize and fight their own battles.
Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2007
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He concentrated on caste hindus rather than harijans, as appealed their feelings of shame and guilt, and succeeded in achieving his initial objections of discrediting untouchability and raising the level of hindu and, to a limited extent, harijan conscience.
Archive 2007-02-01 kesav 2007
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Since he did not organize and politicize the harijans, stress their rights and fight for a radical reconstruction the established social and economic order.
Archive 2007-02-01 kesav 2007
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