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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.

Amarinder wants Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary declared ‘national tolerance day’

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the request, stating the declaration will be a “befitting tribute to the great master”.

Harsimrat Kaur urges Modi to take up Guru Nanak palace demolition issue with Pakistan PM Imran Khan

The Guru Nanak palace, located in Pakistan's Punjab province, was partially demolished by a group of vandals Monday.

A day after Kartarpur development, India lodges protests with Pakistan over harassment of officials

Indian High Commission officials were allegedly harassed in Islamabad before the two countries agreed to open up the corridor.

On Camera

Faiz Hameed conviction is a message from Munir. He won’t tolerate sympathy for Imran Khan

The political trajectory is clear. Asim Munir is now prepared to convict and sentence Imran Khan for instigating a rebellion against the army chief, with no possibility of mercy.

Goa, Kerala lose sheen as more foreign tourists pick Maharashtra & Bengal, shows RBI data

RBI data shows 26 states and Union Territories couldn’t regain pre-pandemic foreign tourist footfalls in 2024, but domestic tourism surged 27 percent compared to 2019.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.