Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
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Topic: Buddha

Why Buddha would be frowning at Ukraine today, and why India got it right with Pokhran 1 and 2

Shekhar Gupta -
Would it have been so simple for Putin’s Russia to crush Zelenskyy’s Ukraine if it hadn’t given up its nuclear stockpile in 1994? India was prescient to declare itself a nuclear-armed state.

Adi Shankaracharya was sent in response to Buddha to bring people’s faith back to god

Nityanand Charan Das -
In ‘Icons of Grace’, Nityanand Charan Das writes about how Buddha and Shankaracharya were both part of the same divine mission.

How Hinduism incorporated Buddha and then distanced the religion

Upinder Singh -
In ‘Ancient India’, Upinder Singh tells readers to abandon simplistic stereotypes and instead think of ancient India in terms of coexistence of contradictions.

Diwali isn’t what you thought it was—It’s actually Deep Daan Utsav, a Buddhist festival

K. Kalyani -
For Dalits, festivals are important to rethink history. Deep Daan Utsav belongs to Ashoka—what history missed out on.

Imran Khan praises Buddha of Swat, Pakistanis remind him of his Taliban ‘friends’

Pia Krishnankutty -
According to a report, the few Buddhists in Pakistan are facing extinction ‘due to unavailability of worship places, religious teaching and government patronage’.

From Nehru to Churchill, this poem about Buddha moved many in their youth: Jairam Ramesh

Jairam Ramesh -
In ‘The Light Of Asia: The Poem that Defined the Buddha’, Jairam Ramesh writes on the influence of Sir Edwin Arnold’s epic poem, which he first read as a teenager.

Have we suffered enough? What Covid pandemic taught us about dharma

Amish Tripathi -
The Buddha gave us the four noble truths. But have we, the elite, suffered enough to attain a path out of misery this pandemic?

This is why Dalit women are singing Tathagata Buddha songs in UP

K. Kalyani -
The growing popularity of Tathagata Buddha songs is all about the reach of Ambedkar’s conversion ideology in Uttar Pradesh.

Wear Che Guevara, Johnny Walker and Gandhi on your T-shirts, but it says nothing about you

Sreedeep Bhattacharya  -
In ‘Consumerist Encounters’, Sreedeep Bhattacharya explores how our relationships & representations of commodities like T-shirts have evolved in urban India.

Nepal now locks horns with India over Buddha, day after Jaishankar called him ‘Indian’

Nayanima Basu -
After External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar refers to Lord Buddha as one of the 'greatest Indians', Nepal Foreign Ministry says matter remains beyond doubt that he was born in Lumbini.
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Air quality is better but not enough to banish air purifiers. Here are options for your room & car

Sahil Mohan Gupta -
What’s the solution for people who cannot leave Delhi? Air purifiers from Dyson's expensive range to Xiaomi's affordable ones can be of help.
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Economy

NFRA to conduct audit quality inspections of five audit firms

Manoj Rammohan -
New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI) The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) will carry out audit quality inspections of five audit firms, including the...

Defence

The Defence Services Staff College in Wellington | Image credit: dssc.gov.in

In a first, six women officers to enter prestigious Defence Services Staff College

Snehesh Alex Philip -
As many as 15 women appeared for the examination, out of which six were selected, including one who has made it to the course along with her husband. 

National Interest

Why military is more for asserting political will, not just about controlling territory

Shekhar Gupta -
No matter what tactics, doctrine, or weapon system is used, the objective of any war is to control territory, argues Gen. MM Naravane (retd). But it's politics that matters most.

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