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TopicAO Hume

Topic: AO Hume

‘Mahatmas’ are ideals of human perfection. Madame Blavatsky was their agent in India

ML Ramprakash -
In response to Vinita Dhondiyal Bhatnagar’s article on Madame Blavatsky and AO Hume, the author corrects misconceptions about the Theosophical Movement in India.

The woman behind the fake Mahatmas who made AO Hume set up Indian National Congress

Vinita Dhondiyal Bhatnagar -
The Mahatma letters are a series of letters that appeared and disappeared, fell from ceilings and sat in shrines. Behind them was an enigmatic protagonist.

Congress today doesn’t need a leader or an election win, it needs an ideology

Kumar Ketkar -
Congress fought not only for India's freedom, but for many values. Support for Gandhi and Nehru came from that, not elections and power.

AO Hume, ‘Father’ of Indian National Congress who was distrusted by the British & Indians

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
ThePrint looks at the life of Allan Octavian Hume, the Indian National Congress' first general secretary and a social reformer.

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Opinion

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

Stela Dey -
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.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

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

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

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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