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↘ The expression ‘dharmah sanatanah’, which loosely translates to an ‘eternal religious code’, finds mention in the ancient Sanskrit text Manusmriti ↘ The word ‘Hindu’ has its roots in ‘Sindhu’, and was originally used by the Persians to denote the p

Senior Karnataka Congress leader B.K. Hariprasad was slapped with a show-cause notice by the party’s disciplinary panel as he took another dig at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his second such outburst in as many months after being left out of the stat

The victory of Congress leader Chandy Oommen, son of the late Oommen Chandy, in the Puthuppally bypoll, has kicked off a debate over nepotism in Kerala politics. When Congress’s rivals sought to highlight it as another case of ‘son-rise’, leader of O

Reconciling irreconcilables is a great Indian virtue. When the Constituent Assembly was divided over whether to call our country ‘India’ or ‘Bharat’, our founding fathers and mothers found the perfect compromise in drafting the Republic’s foundationa

This country has been known as Bharat or Bharatavarsha for a very long time. The span literally ranges across thousands of years. The name has two origin stories: an older Vedic one and a later Pauranic/Jain one. Interestingly, the origins of the nam

The spectacular success of the G20 summit has done India proud. But the dinner hosted by the ‘President of Bharat’ and the use of Bharat (instead of India) on the invite has triggered a controversy on whether this was proper and whether the word Indi

One of the earliest references in Malayalam to the term ‘India’ that I have seen is in the late 18th century travelogue Varthamanapustakam. Written by the priest Paremakkal Thoma Kathanar, it is a detailed account of an eight-year-long journey from K

The iconic writer from Karnataka, U.R. Ananthamurthy (1932-2014), whom I had the great privilege of knowing, once quipped to me that the entire controversy over renaming Bangalore to Bengaluru—which he had proposed in 2006—was amusingly inane since f

After opposition parties adopted the acronym INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders attacked it as an indication of the Opposition’s colonial mindset. Followed by RSS sarsanghchala

What do you call this country of Amars, Akbars and Anthonys (or, if you want the Tamil equivalent, Shankars, Salims and Simons)? Ask director Shankar, and he’d say… what’s in a name! His 1996 blockbuster was called Indian in Tamil, Hindustani in its

On September 5, 2023, #Bharat was the most tweeted and the longest-trending topic on Indian social media. The day began with intense speculation that the Modi government was about to cancel one of the two constitutional names of the country, India, t

The G20 dinner invitation sent out by the President’s office mentioned only Bharat (President of Bharat), and has fuelled a fierce debate. The nameplate in front of the Prime Minister at the G20 summit also proudly displayed the name Bharat instead o

↘ These are to create an enabling policy environment to promote lifestyles that would lead to sustainable development through adherence to G20 High Level Principles (HLPs) ↘ A circular economy entails decoupling economic growth from environmental deg

1902: Chhatrapati ‘Rajarshi’ Shahu Maharaj launches affirmative action measures in his princely state of Kolhapur, reserves 50 per cent jobs for those who are not Brahmins, Shenvis (Saraswats), Prabhus and Parsis 1930s: The erstwhile Bombay governmen

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Ever since its release on Amazon Prime, Made in Heaven S2 has courted controversy for several reasons—from misrepresentation of facts to breach of faith. However, the show created by filmmakers Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti has also received appreciati

by Manish Mehrotra HACHETTE INDIA ₹1,899; 204 pages When Indian Accent opened in 2009, Manish Mehrotra’s pathbreaking approach to Indian food became an overnight sensation. In this new edition of the coffee table book, Indian Accent brings to its pat