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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
TopicPersian

Topic: Persian

Ancient India’s ideas travelled across cosmopolitan Asia. Manuscripts exhibition shows

Sakshi Mehra -
The exhibition by SAMHiTA is part of the IIC’s ongoing annual festival. It reveals how Indian narratives have influenced cultures across Asia.

Earliest Ramayana paintings were in Persian, commissioned by Mughal king Akbar

Konrad Seitz -
In 'Origins of Orchha Painting', Konrad Seitz mentions how Akbar translated Ramayana and Mahabharata into Persian to spread awareness of Hindu culture.

Ganjifa —The Persian game that became symbol of status for Indians in Mughal era

MAP Academy -
Ganjifa were just not playing cards, they carry with them iconography of imperial courts that existed in medieval India.

Calcutta changed Ghalib forever — from humiliation and grammar errors to his pension plea

Mehr Afshan Farooqi -
In ‘Ghalib’, Mehr Afshan Farooqi writes that the Calcutta chapter in Ghalib’s life planted the seeds for his prolonged clashes with critics.

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Opinion

Is 114 fighter jet tender necessary for IAF? First ask what price India is willing to pay

Yusuf T. Unjhawala -
If budget constraints and Rafale’s price tag are a concern, the Swedish Gripen offers a compelling, cost-effective alternative.

China is ready for an adversarial US in 2024, whether it’s Trump or Harris

Telangana govt’s war on mayonnaise—it all began with the humble momo

Economy

Resurgence in India’s air cargo expected to continue as Red Sea crisis crosses one-year mark

Yuthika Bhargava -
After negative growth in 2022-23, air cargo volumes grew 18% year-on-year from October 2023 to March 2024 and 20% year-on-year from April 2024 to August 2024.

Defence

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

National Interest

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

Shekhar Gupta -
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.

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