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TopicPersian

Topic: Persian

SubscriberWrites: The Interconnected Tapestry of India, Persia, and Beyond

Akshay Sharma -
A journey through India–Persia ties reveals shared symbols, faiths, and forgotten histories—reminding us that cultural unity runs deeper than man-made divisions.

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

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

R Jagannathan -
Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

Communism is based on self-deluding assumptions, it can’t be realised in practice: GN Lawande

Indian govt is scrambling to manage LPG shortage while denying it exists

Economy

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

Katharine Gemmell -
President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

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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