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He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

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Transparency is the sunlight of democracy. It's a simple concept—without transparency, we can't see what's going on.

The quest for Vedic civilisation is a dream project of the caste-Hindus in India directed by the syndrome of Brahmanical cultural nationalism and the homogeneity of tradition.

Zillur Rahman is executive director at the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) and a television talk show host. His X handle is @zillur.

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