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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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Topic: Saints

Ambedkar to Sai Baba—an exhibition blends art and academia to honour India’s saints

The Indian Saint Project exhibition features nine digital hand-painted iconographies of saints displayed in an open corridor setting.

Saint Devasahayam’s anti-caste struggle angered Brahmins and Nairs, not his conversion

Devasahayam Pillai's new life became a cause of serious concern among high caste Hindus. They accused him of betrayal, and of insulting Brahmins and the royal throne.

‘18th-century Catholic saint not killed for converting’ — Kerala royals want Pope to ‘absolve king’

Canonised in May, Devasahayam Pillai is India’s first layman saint. Erstwhile royal family claims in letter to Pope that he was 'punished' by Maharaja Marthanda Varma for ‘treason’.

‘It’s an insult’ — Ayodhya saints upset at being left out of Ram temple trust

Govt announced the setting up of a 15-member trust — named Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra — for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Publicity hungry saints are fighting each other in the name of Ganga

Those in power take advantage of a divided Ganga movement.

On Camera

Road building is a money-making racket in India. And we have a very short memory

We get very angry when rain disrupts our lives and brings our cities to a halt, but by the time the elections come around, we have forgotten how angry we were.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.