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9 bizarre tricolour-themed products that India definitely needs to flag

1. Pacifiers for the shuddh Indian progeny

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2. Indian, inside and out (but maybe made in the USA)

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3. Kulfi that slurps like freedom 

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4. You don't mess with hum Hindustanis

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5. Required: a steady hand, nail polish, liberty and freedom

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6. How to make a Ferrari even cooler

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7. To protect you from showers of oppression

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8. The patriotic shelfie, so prodding on pride

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9. In so many words

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Also read - Reading Tagore's 'Where the mind is without fear' in the time of Modi and Arnab

Yesterday was the date on which Rabindranath Tagore passed away. He was trending on Twitter since the morning (a thought: what would he have made of the Twitter?)

But, now that we have commemorated the great poet on his 75th death anniversary, let's also look at one of his most famous poems, in which he articulated his vision of the Indian nation.

First published in 1901 in Bengali, Tagore translated it into English himself in 1910. Where would we stand today, on treating Gurudev's words as a yardstick?

Forget "since independence". Think of the months that went by. For we live in the present. At least some of us hope Tagore does too.

Read more here.

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