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TopicRamayana

Topic: Ramayana

DD’s Lord Ram, Lord Krishna say Ramayan and Mahabharat hold lessons even for Netflix gen

Actors Arun Govil and Nitish Bharadwaj talk about the national lockdown, Ramayan and Mahabharat being rerun and Modi govt's efforts to tackle coronavirus.

Ramayan kept an entire country indoors 33 yrs ago, but some doubt if it can do it again

Ramanand Sagar's production of Ramayan is set to return to Doordarshan Saturday as India remains hunkered down during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.

Not just Ramayan, Mahabharat, DD to also re-run Circus and Byomkesh Bakshi during lockdown

Doordarshan began the requisitioning process for these shows much before the lockdown. But it decided to re-telecast them now in ‘national interest’.

Prasar Bharati likely to telecast Ramayan and Mahabharat after ‘public demand’

Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar has said the public service broadcaster was 'working' with 'rights holders' to air the mythological series.  

Ramayana director Ramanand Sagar defined Sunday mornings for India

A gifted writer, Ramanand Sagar directed Ramayana for Doordarshan and made it one of the most viewed TV shows in entertainment history.

Ram homecoming on loudspeakers, kheer & jalebi: How Ayodhya celebrated SC verdict

The law and order situation in Ayodhya remained peaceful as Supreme Court paved the way for a Ram temple to be built there.

In the call for Ram’s Mandir, the birth of Sita continues to be a mystery

Ram’s birth is elaborately described in Valmiki’s Ramayana, but Sita’s is summed up in a couple of verses.

War must be fought if needed to protect woman’s honour, says Amit Shah citing Ramayana

Speaking at the fifth International Ramayana Festival, Amit Shah urged everyone to read the Hindu epic because it has solutions to all the world’s problems.

Maharashtra govt to host grand Ramayan gala weeks ahead of Lok Sabha polls

The international Ramayan mahotsav will be held in Mumbai between 25 and 28 February.

J&K govt withdraws order asking schools & colleges to have Urdu copies of Gita & Ramayana

The circular drew flak from various quarters, with former CM Omar Abdullah questioning the decision to ignore the books of other religions.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.