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India’s creative talent has a ‘refuge’ near Chennai – the Cholamandal Artists’ Village

Some of the most notable names to emerge from the village are KCS Paniker, Velu Viswanathan, M Senathipathi and P Krishnamoorthy.

Dubai’s gold king Joy Alukkas started his rise with a revenge plan

In ‘Spreading Joy’, Joy Alukkas tells the story of how he became India’s richest jeweller. From spreading his wings under his brothers’ watchful eyes to setting up shop in Dubai.

Race for batteries powered by the blood of Congo miners. Apple, Samsung, Tesla are complicit

In 'Cobalt Red', Siddharth Kara says there's a frenzy taking place in Congo, and it's pushing the African region back to the slavery era.

BJP rulebook mentions ‘secular’ more than Congress’. The word is not leaving Constitution

Those who apprehend that BJP secretly aspires to remove ‘secular’ from the Preamble of the Constitution forget that it would first have to amend its own party’s constitution.

Shyam Benegal’s honesty helped Indira Gandhi win her 1971 re-election

In 'Adman Madman', renowned ad-film director Prahlad Kakar recounts his most unforgettable experiences.

When Licence Raj went after Vicks Vaporub in India’s peak flu season

In 'Another Sort of Freedom', Gurcharan Das says that one must squarely blame Indira Gandhi for not changing course when Japan, Korea and Taiwan had already shown the way.

‘The problem with soldiers—you don’t ask for rewards’, politician told an Army general

In 'Beyond Fear', Ian Cardozo says that soldiers never receive monetary rewards for their work. And when rewards do come their way, they're unable to recognise them.

An Assamese can never be fully vegetarian—Even temple ‘praxad’ is often incomplete without meat

In ‘The Assamese’, author and journalist Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty details the diverse cultures and peoples of Assam.

What Gandhi wanted from students—avoid politics, strikes

This first critical edition, with a comprehensive contextual introduction by Dhananjay Rai, sets the backdrop for readers to understand Gandhi’s thoughts on making an ideal society.

‘Leave Rogan Josh alone’— Why Kashmiris & Palestinians are protective of their recipes

‘Forgotten Foods’, edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, Tarana Husain Khan and Claire Chambers is a collection of essays and recipes. It documents the cuisine of Muslims in South Asia.

On Camera

R&AW must answer why it tolerates poor tradecraft, recruitment standards, officer oversight

The alleged plot to kill Khalistan propagandist and lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun had all the comic elements of an old-fashioned Bollywood cop movie.

Even working remotely can lead to burnout. Here is how to prevent it

New ways of working have opened up the debate on how, where and when people work, which in turn has an impact on employees’ expectations, behaviour and wellbeing.

Indian Army helmets in spotlight. Upgrades over the yrs & how they stack up against US & China’s gear

The helmets of Indian soldiers have been a talking point in the past, and though a lot has changed over the years, the phasing out of older models is an ongoing process.

Sikh separatists & their gang wars in Canada are not India’s problem. Call the troops back

If Sikh separatists are a nuisance, it should worry their host countries. Should it bother India if they keep killing their own in gang rivalries and making their neighbourhoods unsafe?