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TopicAgha Shahid Ali

Topic: Agha Shahid Ali

Agha Shahid Ali was an inspiration to friends, a lover of people. His poems linked memory and history

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Agha Shahid Ali rejected minimalism and sought to broaden English through the expressiveness of Urdu, despite his immersion in American poetry.

Her lips painted red, ghazal queen Begum Akhtar sang with a ‘pain in her voice’

Debdutta Chakraborty -
She turned the break in her voice during high pitched notes into her virtue, for she knew how to mould it.

Dancing with Agha Shahid Ali: Why the poet will always be my muse

Kamla K Kapur -
Author and poet Kamla Kapur recounts growing up with Shahid, the Phoenix in a coffin of light.

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Opinion

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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