“Atrocious” — this was the first word that came out of almost every academic's mouth when asked how they felt about a 50-plus-year-old cartoon of B.R. Ambedkar, occupying space in an NCERT ...

Education Minister Kapil Sibal apologised for the cartoon and ordered its removal A row over a cartoon showing Dalit icon BR Ambedkar in a school textbook has disrupted India's parliament.