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Topic: Ram

Ram is everyone’s God, said Gandhi. ‘Establish his kingdom in your heart’

Gandhi saw no reason why a Muslim should object to taking Ram's name. But they are in no way bound to recognise God as Ramanama, he said.

Ram’s triumph shows India will not accept the ‘Lords of Democracy’

India is reaching for the gods because we're in the most peculiar phase of modernity; it can be described as iconoclasm towards the gods and idolatry towards humans.

What Asian and European travellers wrote about Lord Ram for nearly 1,800 years

On the occasion of Ram Navami, here’s a look at the writings by foreign travelers on the Hindu god and his influence over the last two millennia.

Why painting of Ram in India’s Constitution matters

In the original copy of India’s Constitution, Part III on Fundamental Rights carries an illustration of Ram, Sita and Lakshman. Because Ram was a true guardian of people’s rights.

From Jai Siya Ram to Jai Shri Ram: How Ayodhya erased Sita

In Ayodhya, you will almost never hear a woman devotee, either a resident or a pilgrim, ever use the slogan ‘Jai Shri Ram’.

Not even Rama and Laxman could resist the succulent meat preparations of ancient India

Meat eating was the norm right through ancient India, which is why even Emperor Ashoka couldn't get his family and subjects to give it up.

Ram is all set to be the game-changer for Narendra Modi in 2019

Doing politics in the name of Ram had benefitted the BJP.

राम-लक्ष्मण-सीता की हेलीकॉप्टर पर हुई सवारी, अब राधे-कृष्णा की बारी

उत्तर प्रदेश की सरकार ने शानदार दीवाली-उत्सव की परंपरा में इस बार ब्रज की होली को दुनिया भर के पर्यटकों का आकर्षण बनाने का निश्चय किया है.

Fun, frolic and suspense: Media has a field day in Rohtak

Initial excitement gave way to frustration as reporters waited for the judge to pronounce Ram Rahim’s punishment

Gurmeet Ram Rahim: ‘Messenger of god’ who has a date with law

Uneasy calm in Punjab, Haryana as Dera Sacha Sauda chief tweets his intention of appearing in court for rape verdict

On Camera

7 die daily on Mumbai trains due to overcrowding, trespassing. PAC’s 2017 solutions ignored

It’s extremely disturbing that thousands of precious lives are lost on the Mumbai Suburban network every year. Especially since causes and solutions are well-known.

Three yrs since launch, govt-backed e-commerce network ONDC is a tortoise running with the hares

Built as a novel concept to ‘democratise’ e-commerce in India, ONDC has seen limited success in specific pockets. But it’s still an emerging player in a highly competitive market.

India’s 1st-of-its-kind INS Arnala set to guard coastal waters against submarine intrusions

New Delhi: The Indian Navy is set to commission INS Arnala, the country’s first Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), at Visakhapatnam dockyard on...

India-Pakistan terms of engagement: H-word, M-word & the Trump hyphenation

Return to hyphenation is dreaded because our successive govts have laboured for three decades to rid us of what we see as the equivalence big powers used to draw between us and Pakistan. Three things follow.