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Topic: Statues

Why Gandhi’s statues have become a global target, London to South Africa to Melbourne

The vandalism of MK Gandhi’s statue in London’s Tavistock Square is the latest in a string of similar incidents worldwide over the last two decades. So why is Gandhi drawing such ire?

A wave of statue nationalism is sweeping Rajasthan. Dead soldiers are everywhere

450 statues have been unveiled, most of them located in Sikar, Jhunjhunu and Churu. The former two are known as Sainiko ka Zila.

Christ statue removed in Bengaluru after ‘Hindu groups’ claim cemetery land was misused

Police say some Hindu groups complained that land on which the statue had come up was allotted for cemetery. Local Christians claim outsiders trying to create tension.

RSS to milk ‘temple’ cow for 2019 elections and a solution for all housing problems

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Under PM Modi, India got back more stolen antiquities in 3 years than the UPA government in 10 years

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visits abroad often have a return gift. He has brought back more than a dozen historical artifacts from the United States, Australia,...

On Camera

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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