N 14 OCTOBER 1956, BR Ambedkar, seen here posing for a photograph with members of the Bharatiya Bouddha Jana Samiti, converted to Buddhism along with almost half a million followers. He had
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THE LEDE 10 Shradha Triveni is an editorial intern at The Caravan. 12 Alessia Manzi is a freelance journalist based in Italy. Her work has appeared in El País, Die Tageszeitung and Balkan Insight, among others. She covers the environment, society, mi
