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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicAhimsa silk

Topic: Ahimsa silk

Zohran Mamdani and the Assamese eri silk tie he wore at the inauguration

Also known as ahimsa silk or non-violent silk, eri silk is produced in Assam, Meghalaya, and some parts of Nagaland.

‘Guilt-free’ silk—this Meghalaya Eri silk village is tourist hotspot where weaving is sacred

We visited Umden-Diwon, which is turning into another tourist hotspot besides Sualkuchi, the ‘Manchester of Assam’. Tourists are curious to know what a ‘silk village’ looks like.

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Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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

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

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

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

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