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Thursday, October 31, 2024
TopicBhagavad Gita

Topic: Bhagavad Gita

Oral traditions are fading—Nirmala Sitharaman gives an important reminder at book launch

The authors of ‘Life, Death and Ashtavakra Gita', Bibek Debroy and Hindol Sengupta, shared their struggles, loss, and the quest to understand death through the Ashtavakra Gita.

Haryana bill proposes statutory authority to celebrate International Gita Mahotsav

Haryana govt & Kurukshetra Development Board jointly organising festival since 2016. CM to be authority chairperson, while minister in charge of urban local bodies to be deputy.

‘Manuvadi’, ‘regressive’, ‘RSS mentality’ — Oppn slams Assam CM Himanta Sarma for Varna post

Sarma had tweeted Gita verse that deals with duties of those who possess qualities of Vaishyas & Shudras. Congress, RJD & CPI(M) criticise post.

Kolkata to witness ‘1 lakh Gita recitations’ on 24 December, PM Modi to be chief guest

'Ek Lokho Konthe Gita Path' will see participants gather at Brigade Parade Ground, reciting the Gita. BJP says 'there's no explicit political messaging just because PM Modi is attending'.

‘Devoted teacher, ISKCON disciple’ — IIT Mandi head in news for linking meat-eating to landslides

Colleagues of Laxmidhar Behera, in news for controversial remarks, admit he was always orthodox in beliefs. He relates every scientific conversation to spirituality, allege students.

Dismissing Gita as ‘religious text’ a joke. It stems from 19th-century missionary bias

In this context, I make the plea that at least Chapters 10 and 11 of the Gita be taught as works of literature.

What machine learning can tell us about Bhagavad Gita

Here's what the analysis of the quality of Bhagavad Gita's English translations by Eknath Easwaran, M.K. Gandhi and Purohit Swami tells us.

‘Indianising’ education isn’t about Macaulay or ‘saffronisation’. It’s ‘tadka’ vs ‘achar’

The real question about 'Indianisation' of education is if we just want a 'tadka' on a largely colonial education or if we dare take the 'achar' route.

In push for Bhagavad Gita in schools, Karnataka Congress finds new ‘Hindutva vs Hinduism’ pivot

Since Gujarat announced that it is introducing Gita in schools, the issue has become a talking point in Karnataka, with leaders of Congress as well as BJP backing the idea.

Bhagavad Gita taught in schools, colleges, even technical institutes — govt tells Parliament

Responding to a question about efforts made towards inclusion of Hindu scripture in curriculums, Dharmendra Pradhan said even Class 6,7 history books have references.

On Camera

Iran’s real fantasy is to take over Muslim world. Palestine is just a façade

Since 1979, Iran has used the Palestinian issue as a façade for its regional agenda to oppose American diplomacy, the Western world, and the existence of Israel.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.