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India’s brain drain powers Trump’s MAGA dream. Numbers prove the irony

In 'Secession of the Successful', Sanjaya Baru explores why Non-Resident Indians are increasingly turning into Non-Returning Indians.

How upper caste Hindus imbibed every privilege of White corporate America

In ‘Hostile Homelands’, South African journalist Azad Essa explores the origins of and connections between Zionism and Hindutva.

Rajesh Khanna was a mega star with 15 consecutive hits. Then Salim-Javed scripted his downfall

In 'The Dark Star', historian and bestselling author Gautam Chintamani explores the loneliness behind Rajesh Khanna's stardom.

Steve Waugh, Slater came to Kolkata Test with whiskey, cigar. Laxman, Dravid killed their joy

In ‘Indian Summers’, Gideon Haigh captures a century of fierce competition between cricket superpowers Australia and India.

When Apple CEO Tim Cook apologised to China in Mandarin & flew to Beijing for a secret meeting

In 'Apple in China', Patrick McGee analyses how the American tech giant helped build China’s dominance in electronics—and passively cooperated with an authoritarian regime.

Strike that—how carrom became India’s favourite game at home

The Indian government officially recognises carrom as a sport, and offers grants and support to organise state and national-level competitions.

Did Pandavas become Jain monks? How the myth mutated between religions

In 'The Cave of Echoes', Wendy Doniger shows how the stories of mythology—whether of gods, sages, demons or humans—enable cultures to define themselves.

Should robots be given a ‘quasi-person’ status? It could open a ‘legal black hole’

In 'AI on Trial', Sujeet Kumar and Tuseef Alam explain the key principles of culpability assignment with AI and the legal hurdles involved.

When an RTI application with Air India revealed a govt double standard

In 'Journalism through RTI', Shyamlal Yadav unravels how news was collected through persistent efforts using RTI.

6 myths around EVM tampering

In 'An Undocumented Wonder', SY Quraishi answers the biggest questions about Indian elections, which have been called the 'biggest management event in the world'.

On Camera

Akbar wasn’t a Hindu-made hero. Don’t use communal filters to frame his legacy

What made him ‘Akbar the Great’ was not the might of his armies alone, but the political architecture he built to sustain power over a subcontinent teeming with diversity.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.