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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
TopicIndian culture

Topic: Indian culture

Indians and their cultural inferiority complex, explains Romila Thapar

In this chapter from 'Speaking of History', Romila Thapar and Namit Arora discuss the cultural inferiority complex among Indians.

Blaming Macaulay for India’s failures is just lazy politics we’ve perfected since 1947

Macaulay's intent was quite different from what has been propagated by Indian leaders and public intellectuals, who love to live in their own sectarian mental chambers.

Internet is swooning over a 5000-year-old Himachal festival. It features ‘marriage’ between men

A man, his face covered with a deep pink cloth, poured alcohol on a drum. The photo took the small Raulane festival to the world.

Yudhishtira to Bhairava cherished dogs. It’s about our civilisational values

The court order seeking the rounding up of this companion of humans over millennia is a sad story of our times, where our civilisational values have been obscured.

Russian ballet meets Kathak in Delhi. It’s a confluence of traditions, art, music

The creative ensemble of Russia’s NP Ogarev National Research Mordovia State University took centre stage, with performances highlighting the richness of Russian and Indian heritage.

Outfit demands ban on Netflix, X for ‘waging war against Indian culture & character’

Journalist Uday Mahurkar, founder of Save Culture Save Bharat foundation, has written to govt seeking ban on Netflix & X to make India ‘world’s first sexually perverted content-free nation’.

Sahitya Akademi is promoting Ramayana, Modi policies. But also queer & Dalit writers now

A number of cultural institutions have come under the scanner for shrinking autonomy and fluid identities in Modi's India. For some writers, Sahitya Akademi is the last remaining frontier.

SubscriberWrites: Understanding Indian cultural system and importance of Dharma for India

Dharma talks about establishing morality based on the impact of the actions on sustainability of society and environment.

‘Youth aping West…victim hopped from one affair to other’ — HC grants bail in suicide abetment case

Allahabad HC judge Siddharth granted bail to Jai Govind, accused by victim’s mother of abetting her suicide, citing 'one-sided' probe, and 'essentials' of abetment not being satisfied.

SubscriberWrites: India should leverage its soft power to promote Indian culture & values in Pakistan

Cultural and academic exchanges with Pakistan can have a positive impact on India's image in the international community, writes Avishek Mallik.

On Camera

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

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.

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

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.