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TopicBankimchandra Chattopadhyay

Topic: Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay

‘So much hate for Nehru that you’d embrace Jinnah?’—Jairam attacks BJP amid Vande Mataram debate in RS

Speaking in Rajya Sabha, the Congress leader calls the Vande Mataram debate part of a project to defame Nehru. Vande Mataram is sung at every Congress session, he says.

Why Bankim Chandra is seen as the original ‘Hindu nationalist’, long preceding Savarkar

From Hunter's colonial histories to ascetic warriors dethroning Muslim rulers, Bankim's Anandamath laid the groundwork for a Hindu nation long before it had political champions.

The many lives of Indian sadhus—rebels to arts to politics

Alongside diverse works, the DAG exhibition explores spiritual, cultural, and artistic expressions across the Indian subcontinent.

On Camera

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.