Expect a big organisational shake-up now that RSS is back in the saddle. Mohan Bhagwat is unambiguous about his preference for a 75-year upper age ceiling for holding 'any chair'.
While the NC will form govt in Jammu and Kashmir, it is the BJP that has claimed the largest share of the electorate pie. It got 25.5% of total votes—more than any other party.
Their casual and chatty style is a bit hit with followers; critics warn their advice can sometimes be misleading as SEBI cracks whip on some 'finfluencers' violating norms.
Maulana Rahmatullah Kairanawi's rebuttal of missionary critiques of Islam profoundly influenced Ahmad Deedat, a South African cleric. The pop-Salafism pioneered by Deedat would, in turn, prepare the ground for Naik.
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture and Telangana government worked for nearly a decade to restore the necropolis. ‘This is probably the best place to visit in Hyderabad right now.’
Gym owner stands accused of defrauding hundreds under guise of ‘anti-ageing’ treatment using chamber-sized machine ‘imported from Israel’ that can seat 10 people at one time.
The Western Ghats has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site for over a decade. But for the Karnataka government, it has become a millstone around the neck.
From organising Swachhta Pakhwada to carrying out Veergatha project and chasing students to open accounts, schoolteachers are spending a lot of time on non-teaching work.
Since Durga could no longer be the premier royal war-goddess in a Sultanate-dominated world, Sanskrit texts from the 15th century stopped asking her for military success.
Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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