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Mumbai: Of white (fault)lines & identity politics

A seemingly innocuous road marking exposes the city’s enduring fault lines of identity, power and belonging.

A Jain merchant’s diary of daily life under Mughal rulers Akbar, Jahangir & Shah Jahan

When Akbar dies, the Jain merchant records that he fainted in shock, cutting his head open on the stone floor of the courtyard, which ‘turned red with his blood’.

Rise of Murlidhar Mohol, Modi’s minister & former wrestler now grappling with Jain land row

BJP is keeping its distance from the controversy involving Murlidhar Mohol as it finds itself dealing with weight of alliance and risk of alienating Jains, a traditional support base.

Why BJP is scrambling to contain fallout as Mumbai’s Jains take to streets, 2nd time this yr

Jains are protesting a decision of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to shut down all 'kabutarkhanas' in Mumbai & penalise those feeding pigeons.

Why Jains are protesting in Gujarat & Jharkhand — ‘illegal mining, desecration, commercialisation’

In Gujarat, Jains were against illegal commercialisation, mining of Shatrunjaya Hill for years. Anger spilled out on road after desecration & move to change status of Sammed Shikharji.

Nearly 15% Jain men, over 4% Jain women eat non-veg, reveals NFHS-5 data

NFHS-5 data also shows that eggs are part of the diet of about 11 per cent of Jain men and 6.7 per cent of Jain women.

‘They stood on shrine with shoes’ — ABVP members storm UP college, ‘desecrate’ Jain deity idol

The incident took place Tuesday at Digambar Jain College, Baraut. Three ABVP members have been booked for the incident. ABVP has apologised.

In Goa, Christians, Hindus and Muslims may soon be buried, cremated at common grounds

A South Goa civic body has already completed construction of the first such ground for all religions; idea suits Goa’s cosmopolitan character, says minister.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.