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TopicGeneral Dyer

Topic: General Dyer

This Urdu newspaper was banned after criticising General Dyer. Here’s what it did next

Megan Eaton Robb -
In ‘Print and the Urdu Public’, Megan Eaton Robb writes about the impact and role of popular Urdu newspaper Madinah and how it pushed back against censorship.

Dyer’s rage didn’t end with Jallianwala Bagh. Don’t forget Khoo Korian

Nonica Datta -
In a new edition of V.N. Datta’s 1969 classic ’Jallianwala Bagh’, Nonica Datta writes that Gen. Dyer ‘wanted to punish Amritsar more’.

British media woke up to Jallianwala Bagh massacre eight months after it happened

Urvish Kothari -
A section of the Indian media also took little note of the incident, and buried it in the inside pages of the newspapers.

This is why Mahatma Gandhi forgave General Dyer even after Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Urvish Kothari -
Ironically, it was Gandhi who coined the term ‘Dyerism’ to describe brute force and violent suppression.

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Opinion

HBO’s Harry Potter reboot misses the point—magic isn’t meant to be remade

Triya Gulati -
A Harry Potter reboot coming barely a decade and a half after the original films ended risks flattening our emotional history.

West Asia conflict bolsters Asim Munir’s grip on Pakistan’s power structure

Farmers’ agitations started in developed states like Coimbatore & Ludhiana: Sharad Joshi

Economy

Drug regulator calls on Indian pharma to move beyond generics, address dependence on bulk imports

Sneha Richhariya -
Advice comes at a time when India accounts for a 5th of global generic drug supply & 40% of generics used in US. However, this strength in finished formulations relies on imported ingredients.

Defence

1st batch of 2,000 India-made Israeli Negev LMGs delivered to Army; 4,000 more to be delivered this year

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The Indian Army is set to get another 4,000 of these LMGs as part of a contract signed in August 2024 to replace the 5.56x45mm INSAS LMG.

National Interest

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

Shekhar Gupta -
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.

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