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TopicNehru jacket

Topic: Nehru jacket

Soft power: A short history of the iconic Nehru jacket

Impart -
The Nehru jacket became popular in the West in the 1960s due to Jawaharlal Nehru’s visibility as a political figure.

‘Modi vest’ is the better known ‘Nehru jacket’, but the go-to formal wear predates both PMs

Angana Chakrabarti -
The Nehru jacket has a long-winded history that spans conquests, a Vogue cover, the Beatles and several Indian prime ministers.

With Burberry quilted jackets, Rahul Gandhi brings street style to Congress

Priyamvada Grover -
Rahul Gandhi’s quilted jacket-on-white-kurta look has a touch of modernism & youth, and Congress leaders from Sachin Pilot to Navjot Sidhu have adopted it.

On Camera

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Opinion

Economy

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Esha Mishra -
Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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