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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicRajput kings

Topic: Rajput kings

Why BJP, Congress, SP are neck deep in Rana Sanga row—the answer lies in the heartland

In his 21 March address in the Upper House, Samajwadi Party's Dalit MP Ramji Lal Suman, said Rana Sanga invited Babur to India, paving the way for Mughal rule.

Rajput gardens are not studied as much as Mughal gardens. Saheliyon ki bari to Jal Mahal

Priyaleen Singh's lecture ‘Evoking the Sounds and Scents of Monsoon in the Gardens of Rajasthan’ at Delhi’s India International Centre was about how they captured the spirit of the monsoon.

‘Half-wed wives’—How Marwar’s royal concubines balanced status with subordination

The women shared varying levels of intimacy with powerful rulers, but still, they were not queens. The stigma of the ‘other woman’ was their entire identity.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

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

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.

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.