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Why a New York-based smuggler dumped $20 million worth of Indian art

Subhash Kapoor, smuggler of Indian art, eluded Indian officials for years because he had the backing of sources who could never be identified.

Confronted with destitution and death around her, Mother Teresa did what became her hallmark

What prevailed over all else was her faith, and with this alone Mother Teresa ploughed her lonely furrow.

During 1962 war, Nehru was ‘quieter than usual, often in a reverie and sometimes trembling’

An blow-by-blow account of the India-China war from the writings of celebrated journalist Kuldip Nayar, who passed away recently.

‘Hurts to see journalists bending backwards to remain handmaidens of proprietors, govt’

In his autobiography ‘Beyond the Lines’, veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar had expressed regret about the commercialisation of journalism.

Indira Gandhi’s damage to democracy has resulted in mis-governance to this day

In his book, Emergency Retold, Kuldip Nayar writes about how the Emergency hangover continues in government, judiciary and civil services.

Does watching porn make us better lovers or shrink our brain?

Pornography viewership has sky-rocketed and is slowly distorting our experiences of intimacy without us even knowing it.

Unlike American CEOs, India Inc. under BJP is becoming timid & regressive

An excerpt from "Reconciliation" edited by Harsh Mander, Natasha Badhwar and John Dayal, explores the nexus between corporate houses and the Indian government during hate attacks. 

Modi should have at least offered to resign — Vajpayee, after 2002 riots

In this excerpt from My Country My Life, L.K. Advani also espouses the mantra he learned in the company of Vajpayee — the sun will rise again.

I always unquestioningly accepted Atalji to be my senior and my leader: L.K. Advani

In this excerpt from My Country My Life, Advani recounts meeting Vajpayee in 1952, and the next 50 years of their unprecedented political partnership.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee thought K.S. Sudarshan was too conservative to be good as RSS head

Kingshuk Nag in his book, Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A Man For All Seasons, writes how Vajpayee saw through Sudarshan's plots and conservative politics.

On Camera

IAS, IPS reshuffle won’t do. Mamata Banerjee must change advisors, improve MLA connect

The RG Kar incident became the nucleus around which public angst against years of rot coalesced; as a former street fighter, the CM needs to worry about her MLAs’ lack of ground connect.

Five debt defaults, two NPAs & 100% value erosion. MTNL barrels towards a major financial crisis

Since 2019, govt has pumped Rs 3.22 lakh crore into MTNL & BSNL. Both remain in losses. MTNL has begun to default on loans & bond payments, possibly the first large PSU to become NPA.

Did Captain & fiancée ‘attack’ cops or were they ‘manhandled’? Army to take up case with Odisha authorities

While police are quoted as saying that officer & fiancée created fracas & injured four police personnel, Army’s situational reports and his statement present a different picture.

BJP’s Northeast policy has lit new fires & reopened old wounds. And it still won’t blink

Manipur represents BJP’s unique ideological approach to governing Northeast by playing identity politics jiu-jitsu. It hasn’t gone well yet, is getting worse, but the party insists on continuing.