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Vande Mataram at 150 (1875–2025): The stirring anthem that forged India’s unity
On 7 November 2025, India commemorates 150 years of Vande Mataram, the National Song that inspired the Indian independence movement and affirmed a shared civilizational identity. Composed by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and later sung by Rabindranath Tagore, the hymn’s ethical vocabulary aligns with the values of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. Sri Aurobindo’s translation deepened…
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Discover Surprising Parallels: A Complete, Balanced Comparison of Trump and Mahatma Gandhi
An intergenerational conversation sparked a balanced comparison between Mahatma Gandhi and Donald Trump, examining abstinence, economic nationalism, and strategic non-cooperation across distinct historical contexts. The analysis highlights Gandhi’s Swadeshi and Satyagraha alongside MAGA-era reshoring and intraparty discipline, showing where tactics appear parallel and where they fundamentally diverge. It addresses contested leadership choices, complex stances on…
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A Fanatical Wahhabi Movement of 1857 that Nobody Told you about
The blog post uncovers the obscured history of the 1857 Wahabi movement in India, a chapter often misconstrued as the First War of Indian Independence by Left Liberals. It reveals the movement’s roots in Islamic fundamentalism, following the leadership of Syed Ahmad Barelvi, and highlights its stark objectives aimed at restoring Islamic rule. The narrative…
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Déjà vu in Pakistan: The eerie similarities between 2023 and 1971
Pakistan is facing a complex set of political and economic challenges in 2023, which bear some striking similarities to the situation the country faced in 1971. In both cases, the popular electoral choice has been kept out of power, bad economic markers such as GDP and inflation have been on the rise, and regional identity…
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US or China – Who started it?
There are many claims that it was the US, irked by China’s economic and geopolitical rise, started surrounding China with bases and military posts and thus threatened the Chinese. Is it correct? To understand the current predicament, we must understand what has happened between these two countries. Let us quickly breeze through the historical issues…
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Understanding Manipur Dynamics
By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd). Manipur was merged fully with the Indian Union on October 15, 1949, but it became a full-fledged state more than two decades later, in 1972. Manipur is known for its ethnic and cultural diversity. But the state has been plagued by internecine conflicts among different ethnic groups and tribes.…