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Topic: Lakshmi

How a seductive yet modern twist on Lakshmi turned into India’s first beauty brand—Lakmé

‘Treasures of Lakshmi, edited by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal, examines the Goddess’ role in mythology, history, culture and social life.

Kejriwal’s painting the town saffron & a Van Gogh served with a splash of tomato soup

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Anti-Hindu bigot, poor carbon copy’ — BJP rips into Kejriwal for ‘gods on banknotes’ pitch

After Delhi CM urges PM to put pictures of Hindu deities Lakshmi & Ganesh on banknotes, BJP leaders including Sambit Patra, R. P. Singh, Amit Malviya & Baijayant Panda go on offensive.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.