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How PM Modi’s ‘Revolutionary Raj’ transformed India

Senior journalist Alok Mehta's 'Revolutionary Raj: Narendra Modi’s 25 Years'  focuses on Modi’s journey — from his policies, leadership style, administrative initiatives, to his ideological decisions.

People came in crowds for Shashi Tharoor-Shalini Passi conversation. It didn’t happen

Shalini Passi's book launch, scheduled between 5-9 pm on a Sunday evening, lasted for effectively less than 30 minutes. Both guests, Passi and Shashi Tharoor, were fabulously late.

New book forces us to confront collective Covid amnesia. ‘A moral manifesto for our republic’

Journalist Jyoti Yadav’s book 'Faith and Fury' is based on her extensive reportage of the pandemic for ThePrint.

‘Girls should be taught Sanatan Dharam’ — forced conversion victim at Kerala Story 2 event

Producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah said, 'If you are blind to problems in your state, then you are responsible, not us. Our job is to show the problem.'

Meitei martial art Thang-Ta was banned under British rule. It survived as a performance form

‘For Manipuris, Thang-Ta is not just a martial art—it is mother, father, god,’ said acclaimed Manipuri dancer Priti Patel at the Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi.

What French filmmaker saw in Gorakhpur jail. Muslims one side, lower caste people near toilet

Valentin Hénault came to India in 2023 to work on a documentary project about caste discrimination and was arrested by Gorakhpur police. He's now published a book about it titled 'I Had an Indian Dream: In the Hell of Gorakhpur Prison'.

100 Ways to See India: Stats, Stories, and Surprises captures the country’s diversity

Rohit Saran has spent over three decades shaping data-driven storytelling across newsrooms, and since the 1990s, he has worked with statistics as well as visuals.

How the Indian subcontinent overlooked its terracotta history — the hidden clay traditions

Susan Bean delivered a lecture titled 'Hidden in Plain Sight: Clay Sculpture in South Asia’ at the India International Centre on 12 February in New Delhi.

From Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul to Amir Khusro’s Delhi — how cities carry love, loss

Ananya Vajpeyi was in conversation with historian William Dalrymple on her new book, 'Place', a collection of essays exploring cities through memory, grief, love, and art.

IPS Alok Kumar launches a book of poems about life and death

Alok Kumar's book 'Sanjhe Lamhon Ki Mehak' was launched at Purana Qila during the cultural festival Kalidas ka Kathalok in New Delhi on 8 February.

On Camera

Nitish’s exit is good for Bihar. It’s the beginning of JD(U)’s end and BJP’s supremacy

The JD(U) may still have 12 members in the Lok Sabha and 85 in the state Assembly, but without Nitish Kumar as its face, the party is confronted with a big leadership vacuum.

India’s deadly surge in tobacco use: 60% urban spike in a decade, 565% gutka boom in rural households

EAC-PM paper finds sharp rise in rural and urban tobacco consumption between 2011-12 and 2023-24, with poorer households hit hardest even as public healthcare spending expands.

War reaches India’s backyard as Iranian warship sunk by US submarine off Sri Lanka coast. 100 dead

Sinking of the ship has raised eyebrows in the Indian defence and security establishment. Lankan navy has recovered several bodies, believed to be of crew members.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.