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Research Articles

Desecration and the politics of ‘image pollution’: Ambedkar statues and the ‘sculptural encounter’ in India

Pages 116-124 | Received 09 Nov 2018, Accepted 26 Aug 2019, Published online: 01 Mar 2020

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