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Mata ni pachedi art was Gujaratis’ way to fight temple ban. Now big task is to keep it alive

Believed to be over 3,000 years old, this style of painting explores the different forms of goddesses. The training starts at 11 years and continues for decades.

‘Great mistake’ or not? Why India decided against deploying Air Force in 1962 war with China

Armed forces were hesitant about air support, but the strongest caution against it came from intelligence and diplomatic channels, including IB director and US ambassador.

Bilkis Bano rapists release isn’t just Hindu-Muslim issue. BJP leaders telling nobody’s safe

We know what will happen next. Even if the courts strike down the release of these rapists and murders, nothing will happen. They have already vanished.

Muslim Coins with Shiva’s bull: The strange world of the Hindu Turk Shahs

Seismic shifts in Afghanistan poised Northern India for even stranger interactions in the 12th century: Kashmiri kings with Turkish wives and Turkish maharajadhirajas.

Why Modi’s bouts with China will make history judge Nehru kindly

From 1949 to 2022—Neither Nehru nor Modi could transform the military to catch up with China.

‘Expansionist’ Nehru, Tibetan autonomy, ‘New China’ — why Mao went to war with India in 1962

Chinese viewed Nehru as member of Indian bourgeoisie who sought to create a ‘great Indian empire’. PRC also sought to prove its strength by delivering blow to India.

A blind teacher taught chess to this Gujarat village. Everyone is addicted now

Parents spotted less frustration in their children. The game has increased their IQ level and they are no more addicted to mobile phones.

Phase out English intelligently. But prepare Indian languages for the difficult task first

Thanks to English, we have produced an elite that is culturally illiterate and devoid of creativity.

From clash at Longju to ‘Operation Leghorn’, how skirmishes built up to 1962 India-China war

Series of encounters preceding war included Chinese seizure of Thagla ridge in August-September 1962, after which India launched Operation Leghorn to dislodge them by force if needed.

How Qing and British empires’ mapmakers laid the foundations for 1962 India-China War

Across the LAC, the armies of China and independent India are inheritors of a struggle manufactured by greed, geopolitics, and imperial mapmaking.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?