Bharatvaarta

The speech by Mr Modi at the UNGA spoke not only about the demographics of India but also the various sectors in which we are quickly gaining ground over international competitors.   This was a meeting to further strengthen bilateral ties between India and the US. PM Modi also spoke about the five T's - Tradition, Talent, Technology, Trade, Trusteeship - to redefine the nature of India-US ties.  I...

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In this episode, our resident political expert Rohit Jayaraman speaks about the developing political situation in Punjab. He speaks about topics such as why Punjab's politics are unique among North Indian states, about key political figures such as Captain Amarinder Singh, Navjot Singh Sindhu and the AAP in Punjab. He also tackled the issue of how the choice of Charanjit Singh Channi for the CM po...

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Tracey Follows is a professional futurist and works with clients on  long-term strategies, including Telefonica, Google, Sky, Farfetch, Conde  Nast, and Virgin. She writes and speaks on Futures, appearing in a  global list of 50 female futurists in Forbes. She has spoken at UN HQ,  the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and at events such as Think  With Google. She has appeared on BBC Business Matt...

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Shri. S. Vijay Kumar is a Singapore-based finance and shipping expert  who is general manager of a leading ocean transportation company. In  2007–08 he started a blog on Indian art and thereafter in 2010 got  involved with both Indian and United States law enforcement agencies  that were investigating cases of idol theft and smuggling. His book The  Idol Thief is based on his association with thes...

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Major General Mick Ryan graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, in 1989 as a Combat Engineer. Early career highlights include: serving with the 6RAR Battalion Group in East Timor in 2000; in 2003, being the lead planner for development of the first ADF  Network Centric Warfare Roadmap; and in 2005, serving as the Deputy J3 for the MultiNational Security Transition Command – Iraq, Bagh...

Sir Jeffrey Archer is a bestselling author, having authored over 40 books and selling over 330 million copies worldwide. His most famous novels include Kane and Abel, Honour Among Thieves, The Prodigal Daughter, A Prisoner of Birth, and A Prison Diary. If that wasn't enough he's been a parliamentarian as well, he has served 2 British Prime Ministers, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher and Sir John Major. Kane...

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The Taliban were removed from power in Afghanistan by US-led forces in  2001, but the group has seized control of the country once again  following a rapid offensive.  The capital, Kabul, was the last major city to fall to the offensive  that began months ago but accelerated as the hardline Islamists gained  control of territories.  The group entered direct talks with the US back in 2018, and in F...

Between the years 1659 and 1818, the Marathas fought hundreds of  battles, not only in the Sahyadris, but across the country. Some of  these were pivotal and game changing - such as the Pratapgad Campaign,  Palkhed or Panipat. The course of Maratha and Indian history was altered  by these battles. This book attempts to throw a light on a dozen of  these significant battles and campaigns, focusing...

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This year, India is witnessing an increasing number of high-profile  internet startups going public. Food delivery giant Zomato listed its  shares on the public markets earlier in July and saw its market cap  hitting USD 13 billion. Other big wig companies like digital payments  firms Paytm and MobiKwik, omnichannel beauty product retailer Nykaa,  online travel booking firm ixigo, and digital insu...

India on Monday has once again achieved a milestone by administering  more than 1 crore Covid vaccine doses for the third time in the last 11  days. A total of 1,05,76,911 doses were administered on Monday,  officials said, adding that the figure is expected to increase with thecompilation of the final reports. Dr.  Yogesh Panchwagh is a doctor in Pune, working as a frontline healthcare  worker du...

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The politics of backward caste assertion in India is undergoing a new  resurgence. The possible culmination of a series of events, mostly  unrelated to each other, is likely to transform Other Backward Classes  (OBCs) from an administrative category to a political one. And this has  the potential to irreversibly change the nature and character of Indian  democracy.  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP...

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The Marathas began their quest for Swarajya in 1646 under Chhatrapati  Shivaji. From this year until 1818, the Marathas remained a formidable  power in the Indian sub-continent. This is a story of their rise to  paramountcy in the Eighteenth century – and their fall in early  Nineteenth century. It was the first indigenous Empire after centuries  of foreign rule…and the last before the British too...

More than three decades later, the Tiananmen Square incident refuses to  be forgotten. The events that occurred in the summer of 1989 would not  only set the course for China's politics but would also re-define its  relationship with the world. China's message was clear: it remained  committed to market-oriented reform, but it would not tolerate any  challenge to the supremacy of the Chinese Commu...

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Shri Swaminathan Gurumurthy is a chartered accountant and corporate and  legal adviser of high standing. Having qualified in the intermediate and  final examination of the CA examination in 1972 with all India ranking  in both examinations, he has been in practice for the last 42 years.  Shri Gurumurthy is a very well known adviser to many corporates on law  and finance and also on macro economic...

Millennia have passed since the dharma yudhha of the cousins shook the  land of Bharata. But this history of our ancestors continues to  fascinate us. Even today, we have passionate discussions about the  people and their actions in the epic, fervidly defending our favourites  and denouncing others. The number of works on the  Mahabharata-adaptations, retellings and fiction-that still get written...