Handicrafts and India’s rural economy

New Delhi: India’s handicraft sector plays a vital role in the country’s economy, especially in rural areas. It provides livelihoods to a large number of artisans and craftspersons across rural and semi-urban regions, contributes to exports, and helps preserve India’s rich cultural heritage. With 318 GI-tagged handicraft products and around 455 formally classified craft categories, […]

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How Indian Cinema Has Glorified Literature in the recent years

In the recent past, Indian cinema has increasingly turned to literature as a source of depth, authenticity, and cultural pride. Across regions—especially Bengali, Malayalam, and Gujarati—filmmakers have celebrated literary works through inventive adaptation and sensitive reinterpretation, reaffirming the enduring relevance of the written word. Bengali cinema has been at the forefront of this revival. Filmmakers […]

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Why Rahul Gandhi is failing in electoral fight against BJP?

After the defeat of 1977 Lok Sabha election the most powerful leader of South Asia, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi humbly accepted the defeat. And said, “I have led the party for 11 years. Now the responsibility for the faliure is on me.” Can anyone finds any comment like his grandmother from Rahul Gandhi after a […]

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Bengal’s economy poised for a phenomenal leap

    The alternative economic policy pursued by the Mamata Banerjee government through a number of social schemes alongside attracting employment- driven investment has resulted in nothing less than a miracle on the economic front. The little over 14 years of the regime has witnessed a phenomenal six-fold jump in the state’s own revenue from […]

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From Nehru to Modi: India, Russia, US and the Art of Strategic Balance

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India is best read not as a deviation in New Delhi’s foreign policy, but as a reminder of its deepest continuities. From the Nehruvian era to the present, India has sought something rare in international politics: the ability to engage major powers on its own terms. While the idiom […]

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