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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
TopicBhagavad Gita

Topic: Bhagavad Gita

Story of 2 Indian-origin doctors behind one of the biggest medical research scandals in years

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Oxford journal turns to Gita for Covid lessons, says healthcare workers are today’s Arjunas

An article in the peer-reviewed European Heart Journal said Krishna's teaching to Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita held lessons for the world tackling Covid today.

Bhagavad Gita wasn’t always India’s defining book. Another text was far more popular globally

It was only after Western interpretations made it popular that nationalists like Gandhi, Aurobindo and Tilak took up the Gita and made it India’s seminal philosophical text.

Trying to define Bhagavadgita through narrow silos is a sterile attempt, at best

Books and papers are still being written on the Bhagavadgita, subjecting it to analysis and vivisection.

After Hindi, row over Sanskrit in Anna University: Is Tamil Nadu’s language politics dated?

Tamil Nadu's Anna University has made it mandatory for engineering students to study philosophy, which include Bhagawad Gita and Upanishads.

Ambedkar and Gita: There is a reason why Narendra Modi will never mention them together

PM Narendra Modi chose to ignore Ambedkar's critique of Gita in his speech at ISKCON even as he noted Gandhi and Tilak's supportive views on the text.

Not even Rama and Laxman could resist the succulent meat preparations of ancient India

Meat eating was the norm right through ancient India, which is why even Emperor Ashoka couldn't get his family and subjects to give it up.

This godman-storyteller eulogises ‘unsung’ political figures, next on list is Vajpayee

Ajay Bhai Ji did a recital on BJP ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya last year, and his new Atal Gatha is expected to be attended by union ministers

Rahul, not Modi, has proved to be a true student of the Bhagavad Gita

The young Congress chief said he would never malign the prime minister and declared that his party would “defeat the Congress with love, not hatred”.

On Camera

India will absorb Trump tariff impact due to its Achilles’ heel

Like China, India remains a big domestic market, which will continue to attract investment, but the US tariffs will make India unattractive for future investments.

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

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.

‘Peace without power Utopian, lessons from Op Sindoor being implemented’—CDS inaugurates Ran Samvad

India’s 1st tri-service seminar, on the lines of Shangri-La Dialogue, kicks off in Mhow, with top military officers & defence attaches from several countries in attendance.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.