The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
Rajiv Malhotra was selected to deliver this prestigious lecture at India International Center, Delhi. His topic was to discuss his next book, which deals with: 1) Why Grand Narratives are important for major countries. 2) Did India have a Grand Narrative in the past, and if so, what was it? 3) How did this Indian Grand Narrative get disrupted: by Islamic, European and post-Independence Indian forces? 4) What attempts were made by nationalists in the past 200 years to restore or reconstruct our Grand Narrative. 5) What is the way forward to create a narrative of who we are collectively?
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राधाकृष्ण मेमोरियल व्याख्यान: “भारतीय महागाथा”
राजीव मल्होत्रा को इंडिया इंटरनेश्नल सेंटर, दिल्ली में होने वाले इस प्रतिष्ठित व्याख्यान के लिए चुना गया | उनका विषय था – उनकी अगली पुस्तक पर चर्चा, जो सम्बंधित है: 1) अधिकाँश देशो के लिए महागाथा क्यों आवश्यक हैं ? 2) क्या अतीत में भारत की कोई महागाथा थी, यदि थी तो क्या थी ? 3) किस प्रकार इस भारतीय महागाथा में व्यवधान उत्पन्न हुए – इस्लामी, यूरोपीय व स्वतंत्रता के बाद की शक्तियों द्वारा ? 4) पीछले 200 वर्षों में राष्ट्रवादियों द्वारा हमारी महागाथा के पुनर्स्थापन और पुनर्निर्माण के लिए क्या प्रयास किये गए? 5) सामूहिक रूप से हम कौन हैं – इसकी गाथा के सृजन के लिए आगे बढ़ने का मार्ग क्या होगा ?
Attack by Hamas took a lot to accomplish. The sudden Chinese bonhomie with Syria and the bringing together of Arab - Sunni and Shia countries and actors by Xi Jinping's regime raises some questions .
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