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TopicBal Gangadhar Tilak

Topic: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

A Hindu woman has no right to divorce her husband—consent is meaningless: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak -
In 'Kesari' by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Nadeem Khan and Yashodhan Parande offer English translations of the nationalist leader's articles in his Marathi newspaper.

British got threatened by Ganesh puja on Mumbai streets. Tilak began it to assert Hinduness

Manasi Phadke -
According to a new biography, written by Vaibhav Purandare, Bal Gangadhar Tilak wanted to consolidate Hindus and he supported the caste system.

When ‘Times of India’ advised the govt to slap sedition charges against Tilak

Vaibhav Purandare -
In 'Tilak: The Empire’s Biggest Enemy', Vaibhav Purandare chronicles the life of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the father of Indian unrest.

Two Kesari texts, Jinnah’s defence, Marathi sympathy—when Tilak took stand against sedition

Akansha Sengupta -
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was on trial for sedition thrice in his life. India must take another look at the nuance in his arguments against the law.

The ICHR poster is Hindutva institutionalising pettiness. Trying to erase Nehru is futile

Purushottam Agrawal -
The Narendra Modi dispensation has taken this hatred to a pathological level because of the deep personal inferiority complex vis-a-vis Nehru.

Plague of 1896 redefined sedition. Coronavirus mustn’t bring in laws that outlive crisis

Abhinav Chandrachud -
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was tried for his articles in Kesari during the bubonic plague. It would fundamentally change how India understood sedition.

As a teenager, Savarkar tried to destroy a mosque & was sad Hindus weren’t united

Vikram Sampath -
In the polarised tinderbox that was Maharashtra in 1890s, Vinakay Damodar Savarkar and his school mates were enraged by attacks on Hindus.

Lokmanya Tilak — the strongest advocate of Swaraj & a prime architect of freedom movement

Ratnadeep Choudhary -
Bal Gangadhar Tilak commanded the respect of his peers despite their political differences. Gandhi called him 'The maker of modern India' while Nehru described him as 'the father of the Indian revolution.

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Opinion

Afzalgunj to Begum Bazar—Hyderabad’s markets don’t look ‘nawabi’. Marwaris, Gujjus built them

Yunus Lasania -
Some of Hyderabad’s oldest jewellery and perfume stores—many dating back to the Nizam era—are run by Marwari, Gujrati, and Jain families.

Trump govt considering ban on Muslim Brotherhood—Is the West’s romance with Islamism over?

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India’s amphibious operations depend on contingencies. Can the Armed Forces adapt?

Economy

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

Ruchi Bhattar -
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Defence

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

Keshav Padmanabhan -
New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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?

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