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Friday, March 20, 2026
TopicNation-building

Topic: Nation-building

Will it be India of Buddha, Ashoka, Nehru, or of those who don’t like them: Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

On 20 May 1952, poet and freedom fighter Ramdhari Singh Dinkar delivered his Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address in the Rajya Sabha, speaking about India’s future and the importance of unity.

Why stop at Mughals, Manoj Muntashir? Mandela can teach you a lot about forgetting

Bollywood lyricist Manoj Muntashir argued that Indians have forgotten their ancestors — but he is being a dishonest archaeologist.

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Iran and Israel weren’t always enemies. In fact, they were allies

Israel even helped source American defence equipment for Iran, who learnt from Tel Aviv about drones against Soviet air defences in Syria.

Telangana’s Rs 3.24 lakh crore budget bets on rural push, welfare and infra ahead of GHMC polls

With eye on rural votebank, Telangana budget raises allocations for farmers, power & welfare schemes, while introducing new initiatives and relying on borrowings to fund growth.

Tracked: How a sailor’s 35-minute workout on deck gave away exact location of French aircraft carrier

A fitness run logged on a Strava‑linked watch by a French sailor has revealed the movement of nuclear‑powered Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.