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Topic: Rama

Dara Shikoh had a dream. And it was about Ram

Supriya Gandhi -
This dream was prompted by something the prince had recently read. Its author was Dara Shukoh’s contemporary Shaikh Sufi, a mystic Mughal official.

Pre-modern, pre-Section 377 Queer Ramayana shows sages desiring Rama’s body

Ujaan Ghosh -
Odia poet Upendra Bhanja’s retelling was cast aside by the middle class who grew up with the same morality that made Section 377 possible.

After Lord Rama, Yogi Adityanath to take Lord Krishna and Radha on chopper ride

Kumar Anshuman -
UP govt took cue from its grand Diwali celebrations; Holi festivities in Braj region attract tourists from across the world.

यहाँ तक कि अकबर ने भी दी थी बाबरी में चबूतरा बनाने की इजाज़त

Makkhan Lal -
अतीत, मसलन अयोध्या के बारे में जानने के लिए पारंपरिक ज्ञान और आधुनिक विज्ञान, दोनों का इस्तेमाल किया जा सकता है अयोध्या पिछले 30 वर्षों...

Even Akbar built a ‘chabutara’ inside Babri masjid for Hindus to worship

Makkhan Lal -
Both scientific ways and traditional knowledge can be useful to know the past, like in Ayodhya.

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Opinion

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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