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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicHindu kings

Topic: Hindu kings

India’s new search for Hindu warrior kings to celebrate. Vikramaditya, Suheldev to Agrasen

Many heroic Hindu rulers have had a rebirth of sorts. Folk tales are being dusted off and they’re now celebrated as cultural icons in Rajasthan, UP, MP, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Haryana.

‘Older than history,’ but slowly changing — Banaras after the Gyanvapi puja

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

India wasn’t richer under Muslim, British rule than it was under Hindu kings

Fine to decry political violence or politically oppose the present Indian govt. But in his blog Swaminomics, Swaminathan Aiyer puts down the economic gains of Hindu rule.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.