Topic: Malabar
Not Quite ‘Madrasi’: ‘Coromandel’ offers a panoramic view of south Indian history
Indian reader who emerged clueless from school history classes, Coromandel is a good place to start exploring the rich, storied diversity of the region.
Logistics pact signed over a year ago couldn’t be utilised at Malabar
US Ships were berthed at Chennai but pact to make logistics easier has not been operationalised yet.
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India, US & Japan aircraft carriers conduct their biggest joint naval war game
Indian Navy maintains the exercise in the Bay of Bengal not directed against China.
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Lonely Australian ship to track Malabar war games from other side of Bay of Bengal
Frigate RAN Newcastle is docked in Kochi, indicating the Australian Navy was prepared for a last minute entry if India changed its mind and allowed it to join the exercise.
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What Akal Takht must know about harmonium and music before banishing it from Golden Temple
In an era where India’s past and ‘purity’ are constantly being dug up and debated, the humble harmonium has become the latest victim.
World’s $300 trillion in debt. Here’s what it means for services like health, education
To meet debt payments, at least 100 countries will have to reduce spending on essential services, the IMF estimates.
Defence
2 American Super Hornets in India as Boeing looks to showcase fighters for Navy deal
Navy looking at about 26 multi-role deck-based fighters for its aircraft carrier. Visit by Super Hornets comes close on heels of similar trip by competitor Rafale M of Dassault Aviation.
Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.