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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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Tipu Jayanti may be in the soup, but film ‘Johar-Mehmood in Goa’ placed him with Nehru & Gandhi

I.S. Johar’s celebrated 1965 comedy with Mehmood delivered a message on secularism that has been followed by Bollywood ever since.

BJP and Congress use Tipu Sultan for politics but are shockingly ignorant of his history

Tipu Sultan is simply another useful historical figure onto whom contemporary political prejudices can be projected.

Tipu Jayanti goes to Karnataka HC: Sabarimala-style flashpoint or real historical debate?

Tipu Jayanti by the Karnataka government to acknowledge and celebrate his contribution has become an annual flashpoint between the BJP and the Congress. This...

After Tipu Jayanti, Karnataka govt move to celebrate Bahmani Muslims sparks row

A three-day literary festival, aimed at understanding the history of Bahmani and Rashtrakuta rulers of the erstwhile Deccan state, will kick on 4 March.

Don’t give modern character certificates to rulers like Khilji or Tipu

Our interest in taking offence to what someone has said about our past is really an interest in folklore and not history.

Talk Point: Is political polarisation leading to demonising India’s Muslim rulers?

Taj Mahal, Khilji, Tipu: Is political polarisation leading to demonising India’s Muslim rulers as alien?

On Camera

India shouldn’t copy Taiwan’s currency playbook. It will only lead to instability

Should India opt for a deliberately weakened rupee, it risks compromising its greatest asset: a vast and expanding domestic consumer market.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.