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Topic: Dharma

Don’t use Western idea of religion or ideology to understand ‘dharma’. It’s much more complex

Jaithirth Rao -
SN Balagangadhara, a professor at Ghent University, said that by accepting ‘religion’ as something that we must willy-nilly engage with, we are doing ourselves a great disservice.

Brahmins didn’t always wear the sacred thread. They adopted it at the start of the Common Era

Patrick Olivelle -
When we scratch below the surface, many so-called immemorial or even eternal ideas, customs, and institutions are found to have historical origins in defined times and spaces.

Rajputs, Gurkhas, Sikhs, even Muslims—how Hindu concept of ‘dharma’ ruled Indian military

Ravindra Rathee -
In 'True to Their Salt', Ravindra Rathee says the Indian affinity to arms was inspired by the power of the yogi, the king, and the Kshatriya to follow dharma.

This is what Modi needs to do make his govt accountable in the Covid crisis

Kanti Gopal Kovvali -
Kanti Gopal Kovvali says PM Modi can still abide by his 'Raj Dharma' if he is open with the public and media

Have we suffered enough? What Covid pandemic taught us about dharma

Amish Tripathi -
The Buddha gave us the four noble truths. But have we, the elite, suffered enough to attain a path out of misery this pandemic?

India was a land of dharma but Europeans reduced it to Hinduism, Islam. And we accepted it

Prathama Banerjee -
Hinduism is a modern-day invention by colonial powers, who mapped world in terms of unities like Hinduism, Islam and Confucianism, each constructed in the mirror image of Christianity.

‘Dharma isn’t America’s to claim’ — Indian author accuses Hollywood of cultural appropriation

Nandita Singh -
Movie 'American Dharma' is about the rise of Alt-Right poster boy Steve Bannon, credited with engineering divisive strategies that made 2016 election of Donald Trump possible. 

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.

How the lack of ‘dharma’ caused the CBI crisis

Nitin Pai -
It started long before Narendra Modi took office.

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Opinion

Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

Karti P Chidambaram -
All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

US-Pakistan romance is not new. Why does India feel betrayed?

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Economy

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

Shanker Arnimesh -
New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Defence

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

Javaria Rana -
New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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