Azaadi ke Diwane museum inaugurated at Red Fort
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Published on: 05 March 2019
Postage stamp on 750th birth anniversary of Sri Vedanta Desika issued
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Published on: 03 May 2019
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(ii) ‘Paduka Sahasram’: It shows his poetic eloquence and his mathematical ingenuity. In this collection, it is claimed that he has given solution to mathematical problem that was solved about 500 years later by mathematician Leonard Euler. (iii) ‘Silpartha-Saram’: It is treatise on sculpture (iv) ‘Bhugola Nirnayam’: It is research text on geography. It showed his knowledge o arts and sciences. (v) ‘Subhashita Neevi’: It contains fund of moral and ethical advice which are still relevant and practical. 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The Step by BJP is considered as an attempt to associate itself with the local idealogy.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Thiruvalluvar</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was a celebrated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_people" title="Tamil people">Tamil</a> poet and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher" title="Philosopher">philosopher</a>.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He is best known as the author of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirukkural" title="Tirukkural">Thirukku?a?</a>, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economical matters, and love. 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They also started the Satyashodhak Samaj (Society for Truth-Seeking), through which they wanted to initiate the practice of Satyashodhak marriage, in which no dowry was taken.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Though her poems, she advocated values such as humanism, liberty, equality, brotherhood, rationalism and the importance of education among others.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> <p style="margin-right:0in"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Contributions of Savitribai Phule</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">She took great effort towards educating and emancipating child widows, campaigned against child marriage and sati pratha, and advocated for widow remarriage.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">She campaigned against untouchability and worked actively in abolishing caste and gender based discrimination.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">She also started the Mahila Seva Mandal with the objective of creating awareness among women regarding their rights, dignity and other social issues. </span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">She was successful in organising a barbers strike in Mumbai and Pune to oppose the prevailing custom of shaving heads of widows.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Savitribai also started a care center called ‘Balhatya Pratibandhak Griha,’ possibly the first ever infanticide prohibition home founded in India. </span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It was set up so that pregnant Brahmin widows and rape victims can deliver their children in a safe and secure place thus preventing the killing of widows as well as reducing the rate of infanticide.</span></span></p> </li> </ul> ', 'created_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'posturl' => 'savitribai-phule', 'image' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/469f/xiwv1vt8w96twsu6g.jpg', 'fbimage' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/469f/xiwv1vt8w96twsu6g.jpg', 'metatitle' => 'Savitribai Phule | India’s first modern feminists', 'metakeyword' => 'Savitribai Phule, India’s first modern feminists', 'metadescription' => 'January 3rd is the birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule, the social reformer who is considered to be one of India’s first modern feminists.', 'author' => null, 'downlaodpdf' => 'https://www.mediafire.com/file/s4i9kvfqv5i1mge/Savitribai_Phule.pdf/file', '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'currentaffairs' }, (int) 6 => object(Cake\ORM\Entity) { 'tag' => 'Personalities', 'keyword' => 'personalities', 'id' => (int) 4393, 'title' => 'Raja Ravi Varma', 'description' => '<p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Issue</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">April 29 is the birth anniversary of the famed Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), remembered for giving Indians their western, classical representations of Hindu gods and goddesses.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Background</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Through his printing press, Varma’s humanised depiction of Hindu pantheon travelled beyond the surfaces of costly canvases, and into the prayer and living rooms of working-class homes.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A prolific artist, Varma is believed to have made around 7,000 paintings before his death at the age of 58. His most famous works include<strong> Damayanti Talking to a Swan, Shakuntala Looking for Dushyanta, Nair Lady Adorning Her Hair, </strong>and<strong> Shantanu and Matsyagandha</strong>.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Varma was born into aristocracy at Kilimanoor in the erstwhile Travancore state of present-day Kerala, and was closely related to its royal family. </span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">His uncle, Raja Raja Varma, noticed the younger Varma’s talent, and gave the latter initial lessons in painting.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">At the age of 14, Varma was patronised by Ayilyam Thirunal, the then ruler of Travancore, and went on to receive training in watercolours from Ramaswamy Naidu, the royal painter. </span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Later, Varma studied oil painting with the British painter Theodore Jensen. 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Venkaiah Naidu released commemorative postage stamp to mark 750th birth anniversary of great saint, spiritual icon and great philosopher Sri Vedanta Desikan. The stamp unveiled Indian postal department aims to pay tribute to great contributions of Sri Vedanta Desikan, his life and highly valued works. 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Its most essential feature was ‘aspect of inclusion’ i.e. anyone, irrespective of any caste or creed can join Sri Vaishnava fold. This had led to eradication caste distinctions. </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">Achievements:</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif""> He was awarded many titles for his numerous achievements, including ‘kavi tarkika-kesari’ (lion amongst poets and logicians). </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">He was celebrated as ‘sarva-tantra-svatantra’ (master of all arts and crafts) and glorified as ‘ramanuja-daya-patram’ (recipient of Ramanuja’s blessings). </span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">His famous Literary works: </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Quicksand","serif"">(i) Rahasya Traya Sara: It is treatise on Prapatti (surrendering oneself to divine). (ii) ‘Paduka Sahasram’: It shows his poetic eloquence and his mathematical ingenuity. In this collection, it is claimed that he has given solution to mathematical problem that was solved about 500 years later by mathematician Leonard Euler. (iii) ‘Silpartha-Saram’: It is treatise on sculpture (iv) ‘Bhugola Nirnayam’: It is research text on geography. It showed his knowledge o arts and sciences. (v) ‘Subhashita Neevi’: It contains fund of moral and ethical advice which are still relevant and practical. 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The Step by BJP is considered as an attempt to associate itself with the local idealogy.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Details</strong></span></span></p> <p style="margin-right:0cm"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Thiruvalluvar</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was a celebrated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_people" title="Tamil people">Tamil</a> poet and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher" title="Philosopher">philosopher</a>.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He is best known as the author of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirukkural" title="Tirukkural">Thirukku?a?</a>, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economical matters, and love. The text is considered an exceptional and widely cherished work of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_literature" title="Tamil literature">Tamil literature</a>.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Valluvar is believed to have lived in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a> and later in the town of Mayilapuram or Thirumayilai (present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylapore" title="Mylapore">Mylapore</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>) although there is no real proof.</span></span></p> </li> <li> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Valluvar is generally thought to have belonged to either Jainism or Hinduism. 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