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Why Ancient India Composed Sacred Ragas for Specific Hours: The Music of Time

The hour is not a suggestionBhairav does not sound like morning because it is peaceful. It sounds like morning because it was built for the exact quality of consciousness that exists in you before the world has asked anything of you yet, the state between sleep and full waking, when…

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India's Abandoned Ghost Towns Show You How Quickly Power Crumbles and Photographs Remember

The city that was sure of itselfFatehpur Sikri was built to last forever. Akbar chose the site personally, commissioned sandstone palaces that still stand without a crack, and moved the Mughal capital there in 1571. Fourteen years later, the city was empty. The reasons historians give, water scarcity, a shift…

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Akbar, Genghis Khan and ironically Stalin: 8 people richer than Elon Musk

When we marvel at Elon Musk's astonishing trillion-dollar net worth, largely bolstered by SpaceX's remarkable achievements, it’s essential to draw parallels with history's most influential monarchs. Leaders like Mansa Musa, Genghis Khan, and Akbar the Great presided over vast empires whose economic legacies, when adjusted for inflation, dwarf Musk’s wealth.

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Shamli’s conversion story falls apart when its ‘victim’ speaks. But Aaj Tak calls him brainwashed

Mohammad Ali, officially identified as Ayush Malik, has told the media clearly that nobody forced him to convert to Islam. That he has no interest in his family’s property. That his family could give it to others for all he cared. At that point, coverage of the “forced conversion” case…

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All you need is rice and lentils

A recipe for homemade khichuri is guaranteed to become your favorite go-to, budget-friendly weeknight meal

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A woman chose her husband. Zee News called it ‘Love Jihad’. Called out, it claimed ‘balance’

The News Broadcasting & Digital Standards Authority has penalised Zee News Rs 1 lakh for broadcasts that dressed up a woman’s consensual marriage as a communal conspiracy – even while airing her own statement to the contrary.

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What Hanuman Chalisa Did Inside Akbar’s Prison Will Shock You

What if one of the most powerful prayers ever written was born not in peace but in chains? What if unshaken devotion could challenge a mighty emperor and win? This is not just a tale from the past. It is a moment where faith stood firm against power, where silence…

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Did You Know Tulsidas Wrote Hanuman Chalisa In Jail?

“बुद्धिहीन तनु जानिके, सुमिरौं पवन कुमार। बल बुद्धि विद्या देहु मोहिं, हरहु कलेश विकार॥” The Hanuman Chalisa is one of the most widely recited prayers in India today. Millions of people chant it every Tuesday, Saturday, or during difficult phases of life without realizing that its origins are linked to…

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‘Lion King’ Composer Sues Comedian For Whopping $27 Million Over Viral Joke About The Lyrics

“The lawsuit will be a moral lesson to him and his career. He deserves it…”

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4 Must-Visit Ancient Monuments in India Over 500 Years Old

India is a country that is recognised by the whole world for its prestigious historical and mythological heritage. In fact, travelling throughout the country can expose our minds to a plethora of cultures and architectural wonders that this journey in itself can be considered as an educational course. In this…

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What’s missing from your child’s textbook? A deep dive into NCERT’s revisions in Modi years

Year after year, whole sections, topics, and names are altered if not altogether taken out of the school textbooks that belong to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). This has occurred so steadily over the last few years that news about history being erased from the school…

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TV Newsance 306: Labubu, Love Jihad & Bihar’s lost voter list

This week on TV Newsance, Anjana was back on primetime, tackling the nation’s most urgent crisis – Labubu, a sharp-toothed Chinese toy, apparently more terrifying than inflation or unemployment. But fear not, because Labubu wasn’t alone. Her evil cousin Annabelle also made a cameo, and just to keep things educational,…

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Creative sparks: how the Mughal empire made opulent art with power

The V&A’s Great Mughals shines a light on a cultured and enlightened reign over India and south Asia that still wields influence today. Take a close look at some of the remarkable artefacts of that era

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The Great Mughals at the V&A review: an extravagant, exuberant and quite marvellous show

4/5 The exhibition is punctuated with showstopper pieces, one of the finest being a magnificent gold-hilted dagger and scabbard with no fewer than 1,685 rubies

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The Great Mughals review – dazzling decorous delights waft you to paradise

Romance, bloodshed and religious curiosity is distilled in these lovely artefacts from the mighty military reign with a love of beauty and culture

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Five injured in knife fight that broke out in beer parlour near Technopark

The incident occurred in the outlet located opposite Technopark around 11.30 p.m. after a seven-member group led by Sreekaryam native Akbar came to celebrate his birthday.

The Hindu

Tusker attacks a person, leaves him dead in Tarikere taluk

38-year-old Akbar dies in wild tusker attack near Tanigebail, leaving locals angry and urging government action.

The Hindu

Tripura govt suspends IFS officer after row over naming lion, lioness 'Akbar' and 'Sita'

The Tripura government has suspended IFS officer Pravin L. Agrawal following the row over naming a lion and lioness ‘Akbar’ and ‘Sita’

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Can a ‘Muslim’ lion, ‘Hindu’ lioness live together? An Indian zoo dilemma

A Hindu group is upset because a zoo kept a lion named after a Mughal king with a lioness named after a Hindu deity.

The Hindu

Consider renaming lioness called Sita, Calcutta High Court tells West Bengal after VHP complaint

Calcutta High Court asks West Bengal government to consider renaming a lioness named Sita. Sita, along with a lion named Akbar, had arrived in the Siliguri zoo as part of an animal exchange programme from Tripura

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‘Why single us out?’ Pakistan’s Ahmadi minority boycotts election, again

The community was officially declared ‘non-Muslim’ four decades ago. Today, it is increasingly under attack.

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In 'Martyr!,' an endless quest for purpose in a world that can be cruel and uncaring

Engaging and wildly entertaining, Kaveh Akbar's debut novel will undoubtedly be considered one of the best of the year because it focuses on very specific stories while discussing universal feelings.

Al Jazeera

‘Like a jailhouse’: Afghans languish in US detention centres

Fleeing deteriorating conditions under the Taliban, some Afghan refugees have made a risky trek to the US-Mexico border.

The Hindu

The main chapter of how Hindutva sees the past

The Hindutva effort is to create an idea of the Indian nation in which the Hindu religious identity coincides with the cultural

The Times of India

Love-jihad is defaming Islam, Muslims must oppose it: Baba Ramdev

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev was in Delhi on Friday to launch new products as part of his Patanjali group’s expansion plans. He spoke to Kumar Shakti Shekhar on a number of social, political and religious issues which are currently making headlines. Edited excerpts.

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