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It is time that Hindu women are not made a pawn in deluded ‘Sarva Dharma Sama Bhava’ activism

Nupur J Sharma - 13 October, 2020

New Tanishq ad, that shows a Hindu woman being 'pampered' with the Hindu ritual of god-bharai by a Muslim mother-in-law, has created quite the furore online.

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Why such desperate attempts to bring down Trump and Modi?

Maria Wirth - 12 October, 2020

The Western Media demonises Donald Trump in the same manner as they demonise Narendra Modi.

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Here is how the Tanishq ad is your guide to understand ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’

Nupur J Sharma - 12 October, 2020

On Friday, Tanishq Jewellery released a new ad of an ‘interfaith’ couple where the woman, decked up in jewellery, is getting ready for a ‘god-bharai’ (baby shower) function.

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The murder of Rahul Rajput by the family of his Muslim girlfriend: Why the ‘no communal angle’ trope is just that, a hollow trope...

K Bhattacharjee - 12 October, 2020

There are pertinent lessons to be learnt from the responses to the murder of the 18 year old Rahul Rajput.

Culture and History

The Glory of Ancient Indian City Architecture: From the Harappan city planning to architecture in Vedic text and Puranas

Monidipa Bose Dey - 10 October, 2020

For delving into the depths of ancient Indian city architecture, a glance at the pre, proto, and historic era city/town planning in India will give a good view of how things looked back then.

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Physics Nobel: Why the CPIM might declare war on black holes

Abhishek Banerjee - 10 October, 2020

2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to three scientists: Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghenz “for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole.”

Politics