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Topic: Mahabharata

Mahabharata shaped my personality: EMS Namboodiripad

On 25 November 1995, EMS Namboodiripad delivered a speech in New Delhi as part of a talk on 'Books and Man.' He spoke about how he changed from a Gandhian to a Nehruvian to a communist.

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.

Did Pandavas become Jain monks? How the myth mutated between religions

In 'The Cave of Echoes', Wendy Doniger shows how the stories of mythology—whether of gods, sages, demons or humans—enable cultures to define themselves.

A Haryana village is fighting ASI. A Mahabharata-era excavation is at stake

The ASI claims Theh Polar village could be the site of a settlement destroyed in the battle between Pandavas and Kauravas. Villagers fled Pakistan during Partition and settled here.

Bibek Debroy was an ‘Acharya’ in India’s intellectual history

In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.

Economists drive reforms, don’t understand importance of law—what Bibek Debroy said in 2016

Economist Bibek Debroy passed away Friday at the age of 69. In this 2016 Walk The Talk interview, he spoke of challenges of governance and the need to do away with redundant laws.

‘Yaksha Prashna’ of Mahabharata has lessons for modern-day CEOs

In 'Dharma Tales for CEOs', S Prakash presents stories from scriptures that offer insight into leadership, decision-making, and ethical conduct.

Not just ‘period pain’ — endometriosis a women’s health issue that must be prioritised, says study

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

Ancient India’s battle of ideas: Yudhisthira & Arjuna are ideal kings. Don’t be like Ashoka

The literary creation of the figures of Yudhisthira and Arjuna in the Mahabharata was likely a response to the historical example of Ashoka’s crisis of conscience.

Hindus didn’t record their history right. Indraprastha’s foundation, age still uncertain

In Sawaneh-i Dehli, Mirza Ahmad Akhtar Gorgani explores the history of Delhi and how revered the city has been in Indian history.

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Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.

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.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

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.