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TopicDraupadi

Topic: Draupadi

JNU VC calls Draupadi India’s first feminist

Manisha Mondal -
Santishree Pandit calls Draupadi as India’s original feminist, attacks Left dominance and says the Right must learn proper institution-building from Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.

Draupadi, Chanakya didn’t tie hair—power, purity, rebellion of hair rituals in ancient India

+TFP Patrick Olivelle -
Mendicants are warned not to seek alms from a woman with loose hair, which could indicate recent sexual intimacy or menstruation. A soldier letting his hair down is a sign of surrender.

When Draupadi, Pandavas observed Chhath and regained the lost kingdom

Ekisha Singh -
In ‘Chhath’, Ekisha Singh delves into rituals and belief behind the festival celebrated across north and east India.

I taught Mahasweta Devi’s Draupadi in DU. Discomfort was at the core of the classroom

Tina Das -
We must choose ‘discomfort’ over ignorance when it comes to narratives of violence against women. It is a catalyst for important conversations.

No domestic violence when brothers share ‘wife’ — book dwells on ‘Draupadi pratha’ bliss

Jyoti Yadav -
‘Gender, Culture and Honour’ seeks to analyse daily life of women from various perspectives like caste, patriarchy, religion, age.

Deepika Padukone is set to play Draupadi, India’s first superwoman & #MeToo warrior

Kaveree Bamzai -
Deepika Padukone's Draupadi will be a two-part film and give women the Baahubali they want.

Our daughters will see Sita as a single mother and Draupadi as a #Metoo warrior

Kaveree Bamzai -
A new generation of women writers are retelling the stories of women in history and mythology.

We respect Sita and hate Draupadi for all the wrong reasons

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -
People don't often take into account that Draupadi didn't want five husbands; she was forced into this arrangement by Kunti's declaration.

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Opinion

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

Triya Gulati -
It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Apple killed the base iPhone. Its status game is no longer subtle

Mirzapur’s Beena Tripathi is proof — a woman doesn’t need a gun to wield power

Economy

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Faseeh Mangi -
Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

Defence

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

Debdutta Chakraborty -
In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

National Interest

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

Shekhar Gupta -
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.

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