Where Western and Indian Philosophy Meet
Schopenhauer is not a reliable guide to the Upanishads. Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad in IAI on Comparing Western and Indian philosophy: We find similar ideas of a transcendent ego in both Kant and
For India’s Millions of Farm Workers, a ‘Drone Revolution’ Looms
Fast, efficient agricultural drones are replacing laborers on Indian farms — despite the expensive price tag. Arbab Ali & Nadeem Sarwar in Undark: Depending on the kind of sensor they’ve
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Narendra Modi is Celebrating His Scary Vision for India’s Future
Zack Beauchamp in Vox: On Monday, tens of millions across India celebrated the opening of the Ram Mandir — a huge new temple to Ram, one of Hinduism’s holiest figures, built
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Ram Mandir: Formal Burial Site of Secular, Democratic India?
Ram Mandir is the formal burial site of Secular, democratic India, says Dr. Syed M. Ali, an Islamabad based analyst. According to him, there is strategic significance of Ram Mandir’s
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The Downfall of Subcontinent’s Princely States
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States By John ZubrzyckiHurst 337pp £25 order from bookshop Book Review ‘Midnight’s Playboys’ by Pratinav Anil in The Literary Review: ‘Unruly schoolboys,’ Lord Curzon
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In a way, Bengal was Britain’s Gaza
Insurgency then and now: British India’s rebels and Israel’s Hamas Arpan Roy writes in Dawn: In the same way that the British cited terrorism as the reason why India was
Indian Muslims And Rising Hindu Nationalism (Video)
Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot and Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy: The discussions by Dr Jaffrelot on rising Hindu Nationalism in India with the resultant increasing discrimination against the Indian Muslim population, both in
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Nalanda: How the world’s oldest university was lost for 800 years
Nalanda, a renowned Buddhist university was located in Bihar (ancient Magadha). Considered by historians to be the world’s first residential university and among the greatest centers of learning in the
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SEP 2022 As the World Turns…
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LISTEN: Delhi Jama Masjid Imam’s Khutba in Sep. 2019
BLAST FROM THE PAST: An excerpt from Delhi Jama Masjid Imam’s khutba (speech) in Sep. 2019 -a month earlier PM Narendra Modi gave nod to his government for the illegal
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Sheikh Hasina’s Delhi Visit, ‘With an Eye on General Elections’
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came to Delhi on Tuesday –on a 4-day (September 5 to 8) visit and signed seven Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with India’s Prime Minister Narendra
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‘Manmohan Singh Tweet’, A ‘New India’ Meme, and Stanton’s ‘Genocide’ Warning
IRSHAD SALIM — A recent tweet by a parody account I suspect, claiming it to be of “former Indian PM Dr. Manmohan Singh”, nevertheless sums up the latest cricket match
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