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Opinion | How ‘Dhurandhar’ Has Exposed India’s Critics And Pakistan’s Truth

‘Dhurandhar’ is also the first Indian movie that shows Pakistan as an Islamic theocratic state masquerading as a democracy

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Opinion | Jizya Under Shah Jahan And The Pious Service Of Kavindra

Opinion | Jizya Under Shah Jahan And The Pious Service Of Kavindra

Apart from the notable exception of Akbar, every Sultan and Nawab levied Jizya

11.12.2025 4

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Opinion | Siddaramaiah Vs Shivakumar: Congress Meltdown In Karnataka Is A Repeat Of Its Dark History

Opinion | Siddaramaiah Vs Shivakumar: Congress Meltdown In Karnataka Is A Repeat Of Its Dark History

In the end, no matter who wins in this disgusting political paralysis, the assured losers are the people of Karnataka

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Opinion | Sanatana Surge In South: Tamil Nadu’s Quiet Revolt Against Dravidianism

The groundswell that the Atti Varadaraja festival attracted was, in a way, a signal event that portended this resurgence

03.11.2025 10

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Opinion | Tamil Nadu, Dravidian Cult And The Role Of Missionaries

Tamil Nadu is a survivor of two cultural holocausts, both of which are intertwined

19.10.2025 20

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Opinion | The Idli On Your Plate: How An Obscure Food Became A Global Name

Idli has today become one of the greatest weapons in the arsenal of India’s soft power

08.09.2025 10

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Opinion | The Idli On Your Plate: Vedic Origins, Global Exploits

Even a century ago, Idli was a dish largely confined to the Tamil-speaking regions. This is rather intriguing given the fact that the Idli’s origins...

11.08.2025 10

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Opinion | Karna: The Evil Counsel Of A Jealous Master

Karna's disgraceful conduct on countless occasions is the earliest and perhaps the perfect case study in the theory and practice of Communism

14.07.2025 30

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Opinion | How Karna Consciously Chose Evil

The subliminal message that the origins of the Duryodhana-Karna friendship gives us is clear: Duryodhana recruited Karna but did not befriend him

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Opinion | Karna And Duryodhana: Much Ado About A Phoney Friendship

If the claim is that the Duryodhana-Karna relationship is a paragon of true friendship, the truth is that it was anything but friendship.

13.04.2025 10

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Opinion | Bureaucracy In Ancient India And Now: Relearning From The Past

Perhaps we wait in vain for the day when the long-overdue reform of our bureaucracy will finally become a reality —one that incorporates...

11.02.2025 10

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