Tag: Chhatrapati Shivaji
DESECRATION OF CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI’S PORTRAIT AT JNU- THE LEFT YET AGAIN INSULTS A NATIONAL ICON
The Students’ Activity Centre at JNU also known as the Union Office was so far a meeting place of elected student representatives of the Students’ Union. The quaint office holds portraits of many political figures, mostly from the left. In the recent years however, the… Read More
MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO GET CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI’S SWORD BACK FOR THE 350TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS CORONATION
The Maharashtra government is in talks with the centre to initiate efforts to bring back a sword of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj from Britain. The state’s minister of Cultural Affairs Sudhir Mungantiwar also tweeted a video in this regard announcing that the ‘Jagadamb’ sword of the… Read More
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KARNATAKA’S RENDITION OF VANDE MATARAM TUGS AT MILLIONS OF HEARTS AS IT HAS ITS ICONS, IDEA, IDEOLOGY AT THE RIGHT PLACE
It opens with the shot of a small cross-pole table-top national flag with large white candles and a crystal lamp around it. A hand lights the candle and goes out of the frame for it to zoom-out, blur and then sharpen to show the wall… Read More
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Why Are ‘Secular’ Politicians Like Sharad Pawar Demeaning Chhatrapati Shivaji’s Guru Sant Samarth Ramdas
Supriya Sule shared a video of NCP supremo Pawar where he says Swami Ramdas was never the Guru of Chhatrapati and only Rajmata Jijau was. While there is no dispute that Rajmata Jijau was his first teacher as is the case with most children, Swami… Read More
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How 21st-Century Invaders Are Capturing Chhatrapati Shivaji’s Forts The Way Even Mughals Didn’t
To be on the wrong side of history is a choice – more so when the attempts to reclaim an invader identity are unapologetic. Be it inventing fictional military commanders in his cavalry to claiming false religious associations with forts built by him, the attempts… Read More
