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TopicNelson Mandela

Topic: Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was influenced by Gandhi. And was aware non-violence strategy had to evolve

Today's lawyers have a lot to learn from Nelson Mandela, says senior SC advocate Anand Grover. 'His passion for justice, his persistence and patience with the opponent.'

NIMHANS bags WHO’s Nelson Mandela Award

This institute is recognized for mental health promotion efforts.

Mandela-Arafat friendship, lessons from apartheid — why South Africa’s taking Israel to ICJ over Gaza

South Africa has been among the most strident critics of Israel's military operation. It has gone as far as to say that Gaza has turned into a 'concentration camp'. 

Annamalai statement on Brahmins opened much-needed dialogue for Tamil Nadu—Lay the past to rest

Beneath the rhetoric, there's a genuine issue–caste-based conflict and hatred in Tamil society. Martin Luther King Jr, Mandela, and Renan show the way forward.

New book says Trump hired Black man to play Obama, ‘belittled and fired him’ in video

In Disloyal: A Memoir, Michael Cohen has described Donald Trump as 'a cheat, a liar, a fraud' & a person interested in using the presidency 'exclusively for his personal financial benefit'.

Old men, who were once freedom fighters, still run southern Africa

In Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, people born after liberation have hardly made inroads into the meritocratic, male-dominated core structures of power.

Why Mandela failed & Gandhi-Nehru succeeded in bringing about revolutionary constitutionalism

South Africa’s apartheid regime was brutal on liberation movement. But while the British in India used force, they also had to give Congress a role in government.

Why Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet made him the third most-sold poet after Shakespeare, Laozi

Gibran's The Prophet, first published in 1923, seemingly speaks to various generations: from those experiencing the Depression, to the 1960s counter culture, into the 21st century.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.