Variety
There is more to life and politics and current affairs. In this section, we attempt to bring you articles that talk about issues and experiences that matter on a more human and personal level
Mehdi Hasan: One of the many reasons why people don’t trust ‘Moderate Muslims’
People like Mehdi Hasan are the reason why 'Moderate Muslims' has become a meaningless term.
Romila Thapar’s fantasy fiction: Claims Yudhisthira of Mahabharata was inspired by Mauryan emperor Ashoka
Not only is Romila's claim completely ignoring a few millennia between Mahabharata and Mauryan emperor Ashoka, but it also has many other flaws.
Findings at Keeladi site trace back to 6th century BCE, graffiti symbols found bear resemblance to Indus Valley Civilisation
Cultural deposits unearthed at the Keeladi Vaigai excavation site in Tamil Nadu can be dated back to 6th century BCE, at least 3 century earlier than previously thought.
‘If a war is necessary to protect a woman’s honour, it must be fought’: Home Minister Amit Shah
Home Minister Amit Shah made the statement at the fifth International Ramayana Festival.
On the third anniversary of the Uri attack, it is important that we place it in its proper civilizational context
On the 18th of September, 2016, terrorists sponsored by Pakistan would attack an Indian Army Brigade Headquarters in Uri which would lead India and Pakistan down a path that leads us to where we are today.
Uttarakhand to make Sanskrit a mandatory subject in all schools from class 3 to 8
Sanskrit is the second official language of the state and according to the government, the step will help promote the language's popularity.
Photographs of PoK monuments displayed at ‘National Unity through Monuments’ exhibition organised on PM Modi’s 69th birthday
The photographs of the Shankracharya temple overlooking the Dal lake in Kashmir, the Raghunath Temple built by the first Dogra ruler Maharaja Ghulab Singh in 1835, now in PoK were displayed in the exhibition.
My home by the Jhelum: Story of a Kashmiri Hindu who, along with his family was attacked and thrown out of Kashmir by Islamists
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As a Kashmiri Hindu, it is all the more important to retell our stories now when there is a malicious and perverse attack to erase and distort our history and rewrite it to project the Muslim atrocities as a freedom struggle and not as an Islamist jihadi movement
Hindi is a beautiful language, as is Tamil, Kannada etc: ‘Imposition’ narrative must be quashed and Sanskrit used for national integration
On the occasion of Hindi Diwas yesterday, the usual suspects proceeded to create the usual noise about alleged Hindi Imposition.
‘These are the women we need to empower,’ Rahul Gandhi on Woman who danced weirdly in honour of DK Shivakumar
The woman broke into a fit of dancing on the streets that was rarer than the sighting of Halley's comet.
