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Topic: Durga

How did Durga’s popularity survive Mughal & colonial rule? Bengali zamindars made it happen

+TFP Anirudh Kanisetti -
Since Durga could no longer be the premier royal war-goddess in a Sultanate-dominated world, Sanskrit texts from the 15th century stopped asking her for military success.

How Durga images and sculptures showed up in Ghazni, Afghanistan

Sunita Dwivedi -
In ‘Buddha in Gandhara’, Sunita Dwivedi writes about how Durga sculptures and paintings were found in Buddhist monasteries.

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Opinion

Duster is back and brilliant on the road, but Renault has ground to make up in India

Kushan Mitra -
It is rare for a manufacturer to chart a nearly 200 kilometre drive through narrow and twisty mountain roads. To do so is brave...

SC must formulate a code for former judges. The robe cannot be rented after retirement

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Is the Manusmriti misinterpreted? Two contemporary books argue

Economy

Amid revenue crisis, Himachal cuts budget by Rs 3,586 cr, defers salaries of CM, MLAs, top officials

Saurabh Chauhan -
Sukhu will defer half his own pay for six months; Group C, D employees and pensioners are fully exempt; Opposition calls it a budget that 'has gone backwards'.

Defence

Iran launches missile at US and UK’s Diego Garcia base, reveals new striking capability

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: In a dramatic escalation that has surprised the world, Iran attempted two missile strikes on a US-UK joint military base in the...

National Interest

The Vishwaguru delusion, mine vs yours, is ruining our view of the world

Shekhar Gupta -
One side thinks India is punching way above its weight. The other thinks Modi has undermined India and it punches below its strength. Both are wrong.

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