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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicAshoka Chakra

Topic: Ashoka Chakra

SubscriberWrites: India-Persia connection: Guru Nanak’s journey to Baghdad & legacy of religious tolerance

As in everything in life that has a history, there’s often a story behind the story. Symbols in artefacts, languages, and stories shape thinking!

From Lion Capital to Flag Code, Modi govt is shifting the meaning of India’s symbols

The lions in Asoka’s Lion Capital stand upon dharmachakra; they draw their power from dharma. The lions in Modi’s Central Vista step on dharmachakra; they are power unto themselves.

Ashok Chakra to Kashmiri soldier puts the focus on Ikhwan & its role in fighting terror

Ashok Chakra recipient Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani was a former Ikhwan.

Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, a former militant now an Ashoka Chakra awardee

Recipient of Sena Medal twice, Lance Naik Wani was killed in a counter-terrorism operation in November last year.

On Camera

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.