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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
TopicDeccan

Topic: Deccan

Stop Urdu snobbery. Dakhni is 200 years older

Whenever I write about Dakhni on social media, there is a barrage of purists asserting that it is just a dialect. Last I checked, people who speak a language are the ones who get a say.

How non-violent Jainism thrived in the warlike Deccan

Deccan Jains were aware of the contradiction between their non-violent principles and the martial political systems that granted them patronage.

Vijayanagara was the Indian Renaissance State. It contains memories of older empires

Just like Europe’s neoclassical monuments, Vijayanagara’s temples reformulated memories of the older Chola and Chalukya empires.

Coins are a window into early Deccan society

In ‘Seeking History through Her Source’, Aloka Parasher Sen digs up Indian history south of the Vindhyas.

What you should know about Bahmani empire that the BJP doesn’t want celebrated

The Bahmani sultanate, despite what the BJP believes, influenced Karnataka greatly.

On Camera

More Andhra-style prawn fry for Indian plates? How Naidu’s trying to blunt US tariff hit on aqua exports

Naidu attempts to shield aqua farmers after Trump’s tariff hits the shrimp farming sector in Andhra Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of 50% of the state's exports.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.