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Thursday, July 30, 2026
TopicGujarat Giants

Topic: Gujarat Giants

Dinkar Mehta became sole communist mayor of Ahmedabad, beating Sardar Patel’s influence

Mehta found Gandhi’s vision of a classless, Stateless society built through non-violence to be an idealistic outlook.

Who was the Gujarati poet praised by Tennyson? The man behind India’s age of consent law

Behramji Malabari got support from the government to translate the Hibbert Lectures to Sanskrit, Bengali, Marathi, Hindi and Tamil.

Gujarat’s Shardaben Mehta inspired Gandhi. Kept her doors open even for non-Congress leaders

Shardaben was among the first Gujarati women to complete graduation. She travelled across India and met stalwarts such as Tagore, Motilal Nehru, and Lala Lajpat Rai.

Gujarati poet Krishnalal Shridharani’s thesis was ‘gospel’ for American civil rights activists

Shridharani ‘took the mysticism out of Gandhianism and instead provided a Gandhi of pragmatic action or realpolitik.’

On Camera

India’s education system suffers from a mafia problem. More laws is not the solution

I have absolutely no doubt that the Nandan Nilekani-led NEET committee will come up with a very relevant and useful set of recommendations. But will it help?

Govt defends E20 in Parliament, says it shielded Indians from Rs 125/litre petrol during West Asia war

Centre tells Lok Sabha that ‘legacy vehicles’ face no significant impact from E20, says biofuel helped cushion consumers from global oil price spike.

The ‘outlier’ caves in: Permanent commission allowed for women in Indian Coast Guard

On Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled a policy for gender-neutral induction and career progression of officers in Indian Coast Guard.

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.