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Basant Panchami

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Basant returns to Lahore, but why are Pakistanis reluctant to acknowledge the Hindu cultural roots of the festival?

Dhruv Mishra -
Pakistan’s relationship with its pre-Islamic past has always been uneasy. Hindu temples are neglected, Indian history is marginalised in textbooks, and ancient cultural continuities are treated as ideological liabilities. Yet Basant poses a problem: it is too deeply embedded in Punjabi social life to be discarded altogether.
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Vasant Panchami is not the beginning of Vasant Ritu: Read how most wishes and posts on Saraswati Puja have this common misconception

Shraddha Pandey -
Vasant Ritu, or the spring season, begins much later than Vasant Panchami. Vasant Panchami, celebrated on Shukla Panchami of the Maagh month, is a part of the winter season.
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Watch: Former cricketer Venkatesh Prasad sings ‘Saraswati Shloka’ and extends greetings on Basant Panchami, Saraswati Puja

OpIndia Staff -
Venkatesh Prasad sang 'Saraswati Shloka' and wished his followers a happy Basant Panchami and Saraswati Puja
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Uttar Pradesh STF nabs two PFI terrorists with huge cache of explosives, wanted to carry out terror attack on Basant Panchami

OpIndia Staff -
During interrogation, PFI members revealed that they intended to brainwash and train physically strong youth of a 'particular community'.
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Throwing Saraswati away

Anuraag Saxena -
History belongs to its geography

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