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Topic: Bhagavad Gita

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

ThePrint Team -
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

Himani Chandna -
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

Prathama Banerjee -
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

Bibek Debroy -
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?

ThePrint Team -
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

Dilip Mandal -
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

Nayanjot Lahiri -
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

Pragya Kaushika -
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

Sudheendra Kulkarni -
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”.
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Why SIR is an exclusionary exercise for Persons with Disabilities

Shashank Pandey -
In the ongoing SIR 2.0 exercise, nearly half of the 90 lakh registered PwD voters in India were affected, showed an RTI application.

Bondi attack shows marginalisation isn’t driving ISIS. Extremism must be stopped from within

Bondi Beach attack holds lessons for India too — soft targets remain terror’s first choice

Economy

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

Apoorva Mandhani -
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Defence

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

National Interest

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Shekhar Gupta -
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.

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