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TopicGuru Nanak

Topic: Guru Nanak

Guru Nanak was a critic of caste, Timurid rule. Yet Khatris in service of Mughals followed him

In 'Badshah, Bandar, Bazaar', Jagjeet Lally takes the reader on a journey through the Mughal empire's countryside, markets, and ports.

SubscriberWrites: India-Persia connection: Guru Nanak’s journey to Baghdad & legacy of religious tolerance

As in everything in life that has a history, there’s often a story behind the story. Symbols in artefacts, languages, and stories shape thinking!

YourTurn/SubscriberWrites: Nanak Shah Faqir’s teachings are the pivot of an egalitarian religion

Deriding the caste system he started the system of community kitchen or langar where everyone broke bread together irrespective of their background, writes Col HP Singh.

Guru Nanak vs RSS guru Hedgewar—farmer protests showed how Sikhs have a lesson for India

Whenever India's farm sector was in jeopardy, Sikh-Punjabi farmers fought for their rights. The BJP underestimated them.

Part of London’s Havelock Road in Southall to be renamed Guru Nanak Road

Southall is home to a large Sikh community and the largest gurdwara outside India, Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, is also located on Havelock Road.

Guru Arjan Dev, the martyr whose death changed the course of Sikhism

The fifth Sikh guru, credited with compiling the Adi Granth, was a staunch advocate of tolerance, equality and pluralism.

Govt plans celebration of 550th Guru Nanak Jayanti with cultural events, stamps & coins

Several ministries have planned series of events to end year-long celebration of Guru Nanak Jayanti, a first for Modi govt for a religious leader of a faith.

Congress, Akalis, Sikh religious body can’t come together even in the name of Guru Nanak

Congress government in the state, the SGPC and Centre to all hold separate events to begin year-long tribute celebrations.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.