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Sunday, October 13, 2024
TopicMir Taqi Mir

Topic: Mir Taqi Mir

Mir Taqi Mir wasn’t a poet of longing like Ghalib. He lived in the resistance space

Art historian Ranjit Hoskote shared translations of Mir’s verses on social media, as part of ‘Project Mir’, which later took the shape of his recent book, ‘The Homeland’s an Ocean’.

Mir Taqi Mir — a master of Urdu who was in love with Delhi

 The 18th-century Urdu poet penned ghazals that inspired some classic Bollywood hits.

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‘Midgets making widgets’: New paper says Indian factories are smaller than estimated, less productive

New working paper authored by former CEA Arvind Subramanian and others finds Indian firms increasingly prefer multiple plants in a single state rather than scaling up single plants.

Govt ‘cautiously optimistic’ of easing tensions with China at LAC, Rajnath tells Army

Top military commanders from both sides to hold a meeting this month where certain critical decisions are set to be taken on the matter of easing tensions.

Why are Indians indifferent to Palestinians’ plight? No, it’s not about Jews vs Muslims

National interest always trumps pan-Islamism. Their shared strategic threat is Iran, its Shia base. The so-called Muslim world has stopped seeing Palestine as an Islamic issue.