Articles for Contemporary India

To navigate through 'turbulent times', India must invest in modernisation of armed forces: IAF chief
6 months, 2 weeks ago

To navigate through 'turbulent times', India must invest in modernisation of armed forces: IAF chief

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari said on Tuesday the contemporary security landscape presents "multi-faceted challenges" from border disputes and terrorism to cyber threats and regional volatility, and India must invest in modernisation of its armed forces to navigate through these "turbulent times". To navigate through 'turbulent times', India must invest in modernisation of armed forces: …

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Hyderabad at the India Art Fair 2024: Kalakriti, Shrishti and Dhi galleries showcase artworks in which the contemporary meets traditional imagery
11 months, 1 week ago

Hyderabad at the India Art Fair 2024: Kalakriti, Shrishti and Dhi galleries showcase artworks in which the contemporary meets traditional imagery

The Hindu  

Three galleries from Hyderabad — Kalakriti, Shrishti and Dhi Contemporary — will be making their presence felt at the 15th edition of the India Art Fair 2024, to be held in New Delhi from February 1 to 4 at NSIC Exhibition Grounds. Here’s an overview of what the Hyderabad galleries have in store for the event: Windows to the Gods …

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The role of liberal Muslims in India today
1 year, 10 months ago

The role of liberal Muslims in India today

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 23, 2023 10:50 IST Any discussion on the predicament of liberal Muslims in contemporary India will remain meaningless if the term “liberal Muslims” is not adequately analysed. Second, liberal Muslims’ adherence to secularism and liberal values empowers them to speak on behalf of all “concerned citizens” irrespective of their class, region or religion. The “liberalism” of liberal …

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Contours of civilisational fate: Why new India needs to be confident as well as cautious in dealing with world
2 years, 1 month ago

Contours of civilisational fate: Why new India needs to be confident as well as cautious in dealing with world

Firstpost  

An air of optimism pervades the perception of many educated Indians about their country’s place in the contemporary world. Neither view is a truthful or realistic depiction of India’s history and how it has unfolded in recent times since the accession of Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister in 2014. But the phenomenon of Narendra Modi’s is probably unique and …

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Review of Genetically Modified Democracy — Transgenic Crops in Contemporary India: Calling out the genes
2 years, 2 months ago

Review of Genetically Modified Democracy — Transgenic Crops in Contemporary India: Calling out the genes

The Hindu  

In the midst of all the excitement over the ‘immense possibilities’ of gene-edited crops, here comes a shocker. Scientists at the Tel Aviv University in Israel have warned that “the gene-editing technology, despite its substantial advantages, is not always safe and that sometimes rearranging pieces of DNA compromises genomic stability, possibly trigger cancer in the long run.” While several countries, …

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[Prof. Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture] Imagining Legal Education In Contemporary India : Full Text Of Justice Muralidhar's Lecture
4 years, 3 months ago

[Prof. Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture] Imagining Legal Education In Contemporary India : Full Text Of Justice Muralidhar's Lecture

Live Law  

Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar, judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday delivered 'The First Professor Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture' organized by LIVELAW on the topic 'Imagining Legal Education in Contemporary India' Dr. Anup Surendranath September 13, 2020 Law Schools Must Lay Foundation For Students In Democratic Practises and Constitutional Values : Justice S Muralidhar.https://t.co/N3mbL8ad0W — Live Law …

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A decade in Indian art: 2010s saw rise of private collectors, emergent relationship between between sector and CSR
5 years ago

A decade in Indian art: 2010s saw rise of private collectors, emergent relationship between between sector and CSR

Firstpost  

The emergence of a wealth of private museums as part of the Indian art scene has been the consequence of another trend that has held serious sway over the last decade — foundation-building. Some of these include the Dashrath Patel Museum in Alibaug, off the Mumbai coast, housing paintings, ceramic pottery, photography, and design-related work by the late Dashrath Patel, …

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Girish Karnad's plays like Kalyug and Tughlaq showed his work was perfect amalgamation of tradition and modernity
5 years, 7 months ago

Girish Karnad's plays like Kalyug and Tughlaq showed his work was perfect amalgamation of tradition and modernity

Firstpost  

The words of Søren Kierkegaard— “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards” — echoed upon hearing the news of Girish Karnad’s demise. The past symbolically and metaphorically emerged yet again in Karnad’s next play, Tughlaq, the tale of a 14th-century monarch in Delhi that held a mirror to Indian politics of the 1960s. Karnad’s tragedy …

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Religion, gender and equality
5 years, 11 months ago

Religion, gender and equality

The Hindu  

It is ironic that while women andtheir rights are generally seen as peripheral to the political domain, discussions on women’s rights inevitably get embroiled in the deepest of political manoeuvres. This marked a consolidation of forces in the name of identity politics supposedly on the grounds of religion, religious practice and tradition and clearly in opposition to women’s democratic rights. …

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