Ambedkar Statue Painted

While political parties are scrambling to be seen as the preserver of Dr BR Ambedkar's legacy -- with one of his statues painted in saffron in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun, only to be repainted in blue -- scholars are looking at how the colour blue came to be associated with Dr Ambedkar.

BR Ambedkar, the iconic leader who drafted India's constitution, wears saffron and is covered with marigold garlands at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun. The statue was rebuilt after it was vandalised recently.

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been vandalised at Kannur in Kerala at about 7 am on Thursday. An unidentified person has broken the glasses and garland on the statue. Local people claim they saw the man targeting the statue. Police have started an investigation

While political parties are scrambling to be seen as the preserver of Dr BR Ambedkar's legacy -- with one of his statues painted in saffron in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun, only to be repainted in blue -- scholars are looking at how the colour blue came to be associated with Dr Ambedkar.

BR Ambedkar, the iconic leader who drafted India's constitution, wears saffron and is covered with marigold garlands at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun. The statue was rebuilt after it was vandalised recently.

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been vandalised at Kannur in Kerala at about 7 am on Thursday. An unidentified person has broken the glasses and garland on the statue. Local people claim they saw the man targeting the statue. Police have started an investigation