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Topic: Sufism

How Shams and Rumi met—the union that sprung the poet’s ‘Diwan-e-Shams’

Farrukh Dhondy -
In 'Rumi: A New Selection', Farrukh Dhondy offers a fresh, insightful collection of the poet’s most profound works.

New book explores the misunderstood legacy of Persian poet Jalal-al-Din Rumi in the West

ThePrint Team -
Published by HarperCollins India, 'Rumi: A New Selection' by Farrukh Dhondy will be released on 2 April on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.

Modi’s praise for Sufism has made both his critics and supporters uneasy

Amana Begam -
PM Modi described the Jahan-e-Khusrau annual Sufi music festival, which honoured Amir Khusrau, as carrying the “fragrance of the soil of Hindustan”.

Shirdi’s Sai Baba practised wrestling. Then he lost a match and gave it up forever

Chandra Bhanu Satpathy -
In 'Shirdi Sai Baba', Chandra Bhanu Satpathy explores the fusion of Sufi and Bhakti traditions in Sai Baba's teachings.

Sufi saints and Sultans in Delhi—a delicate balance of asceticism and politics

Kashshaf Ghani -
In his book 'Sufi Rituals and Practices', Kashshaf Ghani traces the origin, spread, and influence of the Chishti and Suhrawardi orders of Sufism.

Yoga, Sanskrit inspired Sufi epics—Chakras became ‘mystical stations’, gods turned ‘angels’

+TFP Anirudh Kanisetti -
Maulana Daud’s ‘Chandayan’ originated in a cultural context we can think of as Hindu, above which Sufism had become a major strand of elite devotion.

Month after Ram temple, BJP reinforces Muslim outreach bid through Hazratbal shrine project

Sanya Dhingra -
Hazratbal shrine is an outcome of a very particular kind of Islam that emerged in India, so its invocation has to be seen in that context of a preference for an 'Indian Islam'.

Beema Bivi’s dargah—The most famous in Kerala, where Muslims, Christians, Hindus come to pray

Rana Safvi -
In her book ‘In Search of the Divine,’ Rana Safvi writes about how Sufism developed a distinct character in India, and harmoniously embraced Bhakti traditions.

You know British spy Noor Inayat Khan who Hitler executed. Her father has a story too

Raghav Bikhchandani -
Inayat impressed royalty with his recitation of a Sanskrit poem at 9, wrote his first book at 14, becoming the global icon we know so little about.

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Opinion

News channels dialled up the science on artificial rain all day — then asked us to pray

Shailaja Bajpai -
TV news channels assured viewers that once the cloud-seeding was completed, rain could be expected anytime. 'Jab chaho, baarish kar lo,' claimed Times Now Navbharat.

Russia’s super-missile test shows a new, expensive technological race—with dire outcomes

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Women are missing from Chinese politics. CCP is a boys’ club

Economy

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Udit Bubna -
Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

Defence

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

National Interest

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

Shekhar Gupta -
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.

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