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5 dangerous tropes and falsities that Shivraj Patil is encouraging by comparing Jihad with the Mahabharat war or Dharma Yuddh

Nupur J Sharma -
Congress leader Shivraj Patil stirred the hornet’s nest after he claimed that the concept of ‘Jihad’ is a part of the Bhagavad Gita and that it was taught to Arjuna by Lord Krishna.
News Reports

Did you know: The Mahmood Gewan Madarsa in Karnataka’s Bidar was a Hindu temple – The history that got buried in documents

Anurag -
Mahmood Gewan Madarsa in Bidar in Karnataka was originally a Hindu temple which was destroyed by Mahmood Shah
Culture and History

The ‘God’ of Adivasis who sacrificed his life for the people: Watch exclusive film on Bastar king Pravir Chandra Bhanj Deo

OpIndia Staff -
Documentary film “I Pravir The Adivasi God” by Vivek Kumar on Pravir Chandra Bhanj Dev has been released on OpIndia's YouTube channel
News Reports

Dholkal Ganesha of Dantewada – Maoists tried to destroy the idol of Ganesh at the place that gave him Ekdanta name, but couldn’t stop...

Siddhi Somani -
In January 2017, Dholkal Ganesha idol was dropped from the mountain peak to the ground below by the Maoists, and was restored a week later
News Reports

Supreme Court advocate and renowned author J Sai Deepak launches his second book, ‘India, Bharat and Pakistan’

Pallav -
SC advocate and renowned author J Sai Deepak launched the book 'India, Bharat and Pakistan' on Tuesday at an event in Delhi.
Culture and History

UK museum signs agreement with the Indian government to repatriate seven artefacts including six stolen from Indian temples and shrines

Jhankar Mohta -
In the first, a museum based in the Scottish city of Glasglow in the United Kingdom signed an agreement with the Indian government to repatriate seven artefacts
News Reports

Jaya Hey 2.0: 75 eminent artistes perform Tagore’s Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata, 1st stanza of which became the national anthem

OpIndia Staff -
Jaya He 2.0, the musical tribute, has been brought by Harshavardhan Neotia, chairman of the Ambuja Neotia group.
Books

‘Aurangzeb – Whitewashing Tyrant, Distorting Narrative’: New book debunks distortions around the Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb

Suyash -
While books whitewashing Aurangzeb, the tyrant, including those authored by Truschke met divisive criticism, Saurabh Lohogaonkar took it upon himself to write a book which is answer to series of whitewashing of the tyrant ruler
News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Faiz Mohammed of Muzaffarnagar goes for Kanwar Yatra after getting darshan of Lord Shiva in his dreams, adds ‘Shankar’ to his name

OpIndia Staff -
For the last five years, Faiz Mohammed participates in the Kanwar Yatra. He has also started to write his name as Faiz Mohammed alias Shankar.
World

Woke concepts creeping into science? Gender activists push to stop anthropologists from marking human remains as ‘male’ or ‘female’

Anurag -
Gender activists want anthropologists to stop marking human remains as male or female.
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