Maha Kumbh 2025 envisages economic gain, including the growth of tourism, promotion of local businesses, increased revenue collection, international branding, and employment generation. It is pitched as a model worthy of emulation for religious festivals across India
The prime minister will lead from the front as BJP forges a firm response to political and parliamentary subversion while efforts to acknowledge historical violence against Hindus will help preserve India’s cultural ethos
India could end up paying a high price for the Opposition’s political opportunism and exploitation of contentious issues from caste to lateral entry in government
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle