Mahatma Gandhi felt that if the machinery craze grows in our country, it will become an unhappy hand. As we commemorate his 76th death anniversary this month, here is revisiting what he wrote in ‘Hind Swaraj’
09 Jan 2025
Mahatma Gandhi felt that if the machinery craze grows in our country, it will become an unhappy hand. As we commemorate his 76th death anniversary this month, here is revisiting what he wrote in ‘Hind Swaraj’
The book explores several important aspects of understanding natural and social phenomena and the decision-making process of the brain, where principles of physics developed in very different contexts can be gainfully used
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The effective administrator and anti-corruption crusader shares his inspiring journey
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The book is set against the backdrop of a renaissance movement that swept across all castes and communities and subverted the basic fabric of a highly conservative society
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Ashok Ahlawat is a loquacious ex-NDA veteran of self-confessedly middling military achievement, who deliberately, if not brazenly, flaunts his knowledge of classics in English literature, starting with Latin quotes and moving on to poet laureates, etc. Early on, he explains...
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