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‘Made in Heaven’ got Indian filmmakers talking caste in US, North-South cinema divide

Academic and filmmaker Vikrant Kishore wants to bring about a change by raising awareness about caste-based discrimination in cinema. But all he sees is Bollywood.

Top ministers talk India’s ‘techade’ at Delhi book launch — UPI to e-governance

Youth are ‘driven by a fire in the belly’, not for food but for the ‘finer things of life,’ said union minister Piyush Goyal at the launch of Nalin Mehta’s book, India’s Techade, in Delhi.

Annihilation of Caste now in Hebrew—Ambedkar going global

The Delhi event saw discussions on Ambedkar’s engagement with Jewish religious texts and caste politics within the Jewish community of India.

Delhi monuments caught in G20 makeover rush—Lodi Garden to Mehrauli, it’s more like vandalism

A small mosque near Lodhi Garden has now been plastered over, hiding the calligraphic writing that should have been restored.

New Delhi’s elite gather to argue against elitism of literature. Most leave with puzzled faces

Amit Chaudhuri and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra got together at New Delhi’s IIC to discuss how literature can be viewed from the lens of national identity.

Rahul Gandhi biographies promise a lot but leave more questions than answers. Just like him

Every few months, journalists and political observers cheer the emergence of a 'new improved Rahul Gandhi', only to discover that he has gone back into his shell.

Hawking’s final theory is there may be no final theory—Delhi scientists on Hertog’s new book

What is the origin of the universe? The answer lay between quantum physics and Indian philosophy according to Hertog, the scholar who worked with Stephen Hawking.

Ex-IAS’ new memoir only attracts former civil servants. And they turn preachy

In his book Beyond the Trappings of Office, Rajan Kashyap details the exciting adventures, from working during the Emergency, Operation Blue Star, and the Green Revolution.

1947 & 2047—former judge AP Shah returns to history, Gandhian era to fix India’s future

AP Shah was once in love with Savarkar's poetry and his grandfather was the president of the Hindu Mahasabha. Today, he laments the rise of Hindutva politics.

There’s a search for lesser known freedom fighters in India. New novel jumps in with Santhals

Tuhin A. Sinha and Suraj Prasad’s latest historical novel, Sido Kanhu: The Santhal Hul, Bharat’s First War of Independence’, was recently launched at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?