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1 week, 2 days ago

How ‘India’s New Right’ is the result of individual endeavours, not societal or governmental – Firstpost

What separates the new Right from the old is that while the previous generation largely operated within the parameters defined by their intellectual adversaries, the current ones are redefining and rewriting their own path. Abhijit Majumder’s book, India’s New Right: Powering the Current Wave of Nationalism and Civilisational Revival, further exposes the ludicrousness of the notions—Left and Right. So, we …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

4.3 lakh govt. officials brush up skills with online courses

The Hindu

Around 4.3 lakh government officials participated in the Karmayogi Saptah or National Learning Week and took online courses centred around citizen-centric governance, digital fluency, and Indic Knowledge System, a government statement said. Sridhar who spoke on National Education Policy, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan who elaborated on ‘India Public Health Towards Viksit Bharat’, B.K. With themes centred around citizen-centric governance, digital fluency, …

A Symphony of Jain Values: The Abhay Prabhavana Museum Opens in Pune

Deccan Chronicle

The Abhay Prabhavana Museum in Pune, India, has opened its doors to promote Jain values and Indian culture. The museum spans 50 acres on the banks of the Indrayani River and features a mix of high-tech displays, interactive experiences and over 350 artworks. The museum's mission is to share knowledge and foster a sense of unity among people of different …

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2 months ago

Indian or Indic? William Dalrymple’s Golden Road drives in both lanes

New Indian Express

India has not been just a career for author William Dalrymple. For The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World, his first history book outside the 18th or the 19th centuries, the challenge he faced, compared to the Mughal period or when he was working on the East India Company books, was of too few sources. In fact, my …

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4 months ago

When Art Becomes Pilgrimage, Why The Devotee-Artist’s Krishna-Bhakti Is Crucial To Cultural Preservation - News18

News 18

Renowned artist Keshav’s offering on the occasion of Janmashtami isn’t like any other ‘viewing’ of ‘art’. Keshava’s own universe of “Krishna for Today” is where the devotee witnesses the epithets for Krishna in Krishna Sahasranam emerging in figuration perspectives – sometimes more than one in a single work. In the traditional narratives dedicated to Krishna in Nathadwara, Mysore, Tanjore, Kerala …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Crisis of global leadership: Can Indic wisdom offer a solution?

Hindustan Times

Was India building global consensus at the G20 Summit in 2023 or it was merely following an Indic principle that suggests that unity is not about homogenising viewpoints but about embracing and harmonising diverse perspectives? But what if the answer to strong global leadership lies not in western thought, but in the ancient wisdom of India's Indic tradition rooted in …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Crisis of global leadership: Can Indic wisdom offer a solution?

Hindustan Times

Was India building global consensus at the G20 Summit in 2023 or it was merely following an Indic principle that suggests that unity is not about homogenising viewpoints but about embracing and harmonising diverse perspectives? In the often slippery dance of global diplomacy, the G20 2023 Summit in New Delhi stands out as a significant chapter in India’s leadership story. …

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5 months, 1 week ago

RGNUL Introduces New Criminal Laws And Indic Knowledge System In Course Curriculum [10th July 2024]

Live Law

Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law has always been at the forefront of legal education in India, striving to provide a comprehensive and dynamic curriculum that meets the needs of contemporary legal education. RGNUL's recent innovations in the course curriculum integrating Indic Knowledge System and latest developments in law reflect the approach of the University towards providing a cutting-edge legal …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Wealth Redistribution’: Rahul’s Congress Stuck in a Time Warp, Treading the Disastrous Mao Path - News18

News 18

The tragedy of the Congress is that the more Bharat changes with time, the more it remains stuck in a time warp. So, as the Congress currently finds itself on the back foot on the issue of ‘wealth redistribution’, especially after Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it an election issue, the party could have done well to recall the …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Padma Awards 2024 announced: Check complete list of winners

India TV News

The Padma Awards 2024 were announced on the occasion of Republic Day eve on Thursday night. ASHWIN BALACHAND MEHTA, Medicine, Maharashtra: 84-years-old distinguished Interventional Cardiologist - pioneered angiography in India Medicine, Maharashtra: 84-years-old distinguished Interventional Cardiologist - pioneered angiography in India SATYABRATA MOOKHERJEE, P ublic Affairs, West Bengal: Veteran Political Leader and Barrister from West Bengal - former Union Minister …

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1 year ago

Tales of monkey god, distilled like ‘ghee’

Live Mint

In a world of angry Hanuman images, Sanjay Patel draws a different story. But she didn’t understand what I was doing.” Sanjay Patel used his art to escape from life at the motel, went to art school and joined the American animation studio Pixar and worked on the animation and storyboarding of films like Monsters, Inc., Ratatouille, Cars and Toy …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Comparing Hamas Leaders with India’s Freedom Fighters is Dangerous and Disturbing - News18

News 18

It is conflicts like the ongoing Israel-Hamas War that become the turning points in geopolitical situations exposing deeper ideological leanings and allegiances. In a shocking development from Malappuram in Kerala, Khaled Mashal, the former chief of the terrorist organisation Hamas, virtually addressed a ‘solidarity event’ organised by the Solidarity Youth Movement on 27 October. Very crude analogies have been drawn …

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1 year, 1 month ago

K Viswanath Memorial Short Film Contest: Indica Pictures to announce the winners in Hyderabad

The Hindu

Indica Pictures, a seven-year-old organisation founded by Hari Vadlamani, is organising a short film contest in memory of legendary director K Viswanath and will be announcing the winners on November 8 at Prasad Labs Preview Theatre, Hyderabad. The eight films are Ananya by Aishwarya Perambai, Kittu Katha by Nikhil Kumar Reddy, Navarasa Madhanam by Prudhvi Raj Thumula, Sangamam by Prakash …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Army’s Project Udbhav to rediscover ‘Indic heritage of statecraft’ from ancient texts

The Hindu

The Indian Army has started an initiative, named Project Udbhav, to rediscover the “profound Indic heritage of statecraft and strategic thoughts” derived from ancient Indian texts of “statecraft, warcraft, diplomacy and grand strategy” in collaboration with the United Service Institution of India, a defence think-tank. In connection with this, USI will conduct a Military Heritage Festival on October 21 and …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Book Review: ‘Ecosophies of Freedom’ is a marred collection

The Hindu

Published : Sep 07, 2023 11:00 IST - 9 MINS READ The altruistic aim of “Suturing Social, Ecological and Spiritual Rift” proclaimed in the book’s subtitle is taken head on by Maya Joshi who begins her contribution “with a consideration of the titular suturing”, following as she says, “that thread through a literary digression”. “Ecosophy” was not just a coinage …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Trendsetting Academic Events During Sanskrit Week Celebrations At MNLU Nagpur

Live Law

The Centre for Shaastric Studies and Research in Law at Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur commenced the celebration of Sanskrit Week on the propitious day of Shraavan Poornima, which is globally acclaimed as the World Sanskrit Day. This week-long event will comprise a diverse range of engaging activities through its varied platforms of JusManthan like JusManthan Manchah, JusManthan Anveshanam – …

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1 year, 6 months ago

How Richard Dawkins Has Erred in Calling Hinduism ‘Idiotic’ and ‘Ridiculous’ - News18

News 18

“Modi’s BJP is a tragic affront to India’s secular beginnings. Between them, these two idiotic religions have betrayed the ideals of Nehru and Gandhi.” If one reads this tweet from Richard Dawkins, without knowing the context, one would assume that an act of cataclysmic proportions has been committed by Hindu zealots, similar to 9/11 or worse, to invite such damning …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Vivek Agnihotri warns The Kerala Story team will get ‘unimaginable hate, feel suffocated': Your lives won't be same

Hindustan Times

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has given the team of The Kerala Story a 'bad news' a day after its release. Taking to Twitter on Saturday, Vivek penned a long note in which he told film's producer Vipul Shah, director Sudipto Sen and actor Adah Sharma that their lives henceforth 'will not be the same'. I was told that cinema must destroy …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Indian diplomacy and the horses of interest, morality

The Hindu

During her official visit to India, on April 10-12, 2023, Ukraine’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Emine Dzhaparova bluntly put across the dichotomy of India’s pursuit of its interests in global affairs — as it always must — and, at the same time, appear to follow the path of morality, as a Vishwa Guru. All this is meant to …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Vivek Agnihotri: 'I want to breathe. So that I can create'

Firstpost

The Kashmir Files helmer Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri has reacted to the relief granted to him by the Delhi High Court in a contempt of court case against him. Talking to Twitter, the filmmaker shared a statement, which read, ‘My statement on the reconciled contempt plea and discharge by the Hon’ble Delhi High Court: Five years ago, America based ‘Drishtikone’ published …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Excerpt: The Long Arc of South Asian Art edited by Annapurna Garimella

Hindustan Times

In the late 13th century, a Tamil speaking community in southern China’s coastal city of Quanzhou built a temple devoted to the Hindu god, Shiva. The remains attest to the presence of a settled South Indian community in southern China during the late 13th century and indicate an even longer history of cross cultural exchange between China and India. Ultimately, …

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2 years, 4 months ago

SC advocate J Sai Deepak launches his second book 'India, Bharat and Pakistan'

Op India

Supreme Court counsel and renowned author J Sai Deepak launched his second book of the Bharat Trilogy on Tuesday at a function in Delhi. He said that the second book in the Bharat Trilogy series written by the author was remarkable and was as good as Dr BR Ambedkar’s book named ‘Pakistan or the Partition of India’ which is based …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Swastika is not Hitler’s chosen symbol, so why should Hindus take blame for it?

Firstpost

There is a constant attempt by the Western media to malign the Indian swastika symbol, auspicious to the Indics, by associating it with Hitler and the Nazis. As for example, the Greek one was known as gammadion, because its arms were of the same shape as the letter gamma, and it was seen on the chest of Apollo, where a …

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2 years, 4 months ago

How Turkey is deploying soft-power at home and abroad to turn its imperial dreams into hard reality

Firstpost

The Erdogan government is harnessing Turkey’s soft-power appeal to achieve its imperial dreams. A secondary education institution, the Imam Hatip school was established during the middle of the last century, under the old Ottoman objective of raising ‘good Muslims’. As a result Turkey had about 5,138 Imam Hatip schools, influencing no less than 1.3 million students, mostly along the Anatolian …

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How ‘India’s New Right’ is the result of individual endeavours, not societal or governmental – Firstpost

4.3 lakh govt. officials brush up skills with online courses

A Symphony of Jain Values: The Abhay Prabhavana Museum Opens in Pune

Indian or Indic? William Dalrymple’s Golden Road drives in both lanes

When Art Becomes Pilgrimage, Why The Devotee-Artist’s Krishna-Bhakti Is Crucial To Cultural Preservation - News18

Crisis of global leadership: Can Indic wisdom offer a solution?

Crisis of global leadership: Can Indic wisdom offer a solution?

RGNUL Introduces New Criminal Laws And Indic Knowledge System In Course Curriculum [10th July 2024]

‘Wealth Redistribution’: Rahul’s Congress Stuck in a Time Warp, Treading the Disastrous Mao Path - News18

Padma Awards 2024 announced: Check complete list of winners

Tales of monkey god, distilled like ‘ghee’

Comparing Hamas Leaders with India’s Freedom Fighters is Dangerous and Disturbing - News18

K Viswanath Memorial Short Film Contest: Indica Pictures to announce the winners in Hyderabad

Army’s Project Udbhav to rediscover ‘Indic heritage of statecraft’ from ancient texts

Book Review: ‘Ecosophies of Freedom’ is a marred collection

Trendsetting Academic Events During Sanskrit Week Celebrations At MNLU Nagpur

How Richard Dawkins Has Erred in Calling Hinduism ‘Idiotic’ and ‘Ridiculous’ - News18

Vivek Agnihotri warns The Kerala Story team will get ‘unimaginable hate, feel suffocated': Your lives won't be same

Indian diplomacy and the horses of interest, morality

Vivek Agnihotri: 'I want to breathe. So that I can create'

Excerpt: The Long Arc of South Asian Art edited by Annapurna Garimella

SC advocate J Sai Deepak launches his second book 'India, Bharat and Pakistan'

Swastika is not Hitler’s chosen symbol, so why should Hindus take blame for it?

How Turkey is deploying soft-power at home and abroad to turn its imperial dreams into hard reality