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Chowkidar

  • Madhya Pradesh: BJP MLA fined for adding ‘chowkidar’ to car number plate

    Madhya Pradesh: BJP MLA fined for adding ‘chowkidar’ to car number plate

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 26, 2019 · 07:09 pm
  • ‘Custodian of Rubble’: Mohan Rakesh’s short story about a chowkidar (and the Partition)

    ‘Custodian of Rubble’: Mohan Rakesh’s short story about a chowkidar (and the Partition)

    Mohan Rakesh
    · Mar 25, 2019 · 08:30 am
  • ‘I cannot be a chowkidar because I am a Brahmin,’ says BJP MP Subramanian Swamy

    ‘I cannot be a chowkidar because I am a Brahmin,’ says BJP MP Subramanian Swamy

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 24, 2019 · 08:35 pm
  • Rahul Gandhi takes jibe at PM Modi after report about delayed salaries for Jharkhand chowkidars

    Rahul Gandhi takes jibe at PM Modi after report about delayed salaries for Jharkhand chowkidars

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 22, 2019 · 02:09 pm
  • Narendra Modi ‘apologises’ to security guards, claims ‘some people’ are calling chowkidars thieves

    Narendra Modi ‘apologises’ to security guards, claims ‘some people’ are calling chowkidars thieves

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 20, 2019 · 05:50 pm
  • CBI to Lokpal to CIC: What has Modi’s record been like on the government’s own ‘chowkidars’?

    CBI to Lokpal to CIC: What has Modi’s record been like on the government’s own ‘chowkidars’?

    Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
    · Mar 20, 2019 · 12:30 pm
  • ‘I would not want anyone to be a chowkidar’: Watchmen across India respond to Modi’s campaign

    ‘I would not want anyone to be a chowkidar’: Watchmen across India respond to Modi’s campaign

    Aarefa Johari S Senthalir Nayantara Narayanan Priyali Prakash
    · Mar 19, 2019 · 07:30 am
  • ‘Only the rich have chowkidar’: Priyanka Gandhi on BJP’s campaign

    ‘Only the rich have chowkidar’: Priyanka Gandhi on BJP’s campaign

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 18, 2019 · 06:09 pm