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Positive approach to life is destructive. There is no freedom at all: Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti's 'Can the Mind be Quiet: Living, Learning and Meditation' is written in the style of Paulo Coelho but the teaching is far more profound and challenging.

More Muslim women are wearing hijab as selfcare in India’s shrinking public spaces

Edited by PK Yasser Arafath and G. Arunima, 'The Hijab: Islam, Women and the Politics of Clothing' is a collection of essays which complicates the relationship between Muslim women and the hijab.

Why the Indian health minister didn’t even offer a chair to this vaccine firm executive

In ‘Braving a Viral Storm’, Aashish Chandorkar and Suraj Sudhir examine India’s vaccine journey during the Covid-19 pandemic

Why Shaktikanta Das’ lack of formal education in economics is a gift for India

Das has been outspoken about the lack of governance in banking and has called for tighter rules for state-owned banks.

The West needs yoga as much as India and the East needs modern science

In 'Wisdom of a Yogi’, Rizwan Virk recontextualises the lessons from Paramahansa Yogananda’s book ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ for a modern audience.

Glucose detecting tattoos to bindis that have iodine  — a 70s fashion fad is saving lives

In 'Exprovement: Exponential Improvement Through Converging Parallels', Hersh Haladker and Raghunath Mashelkar looks at how existing tech can fuel innovation in different contexts.

200 paintings, 274 folios—Why Abul Fazl’s ‘Akbarnama’ remains an unmatched document

Unlike historical records such as the Baburnama, the Akbarnama was created during Akbar's lifetime, allowing creators to be eye-witnesses to his life.

Only two kinds of women can survive in science — the rebels and the ones with support

In ‘Lab Hopping’, Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj explore the stories of women scientists and the challenges they’ve overcome and still face.

India’s regulators and govt are writing many rules about our lives without consulting MPs

In 'Caged Tiger', Subhashish Bhadra comments on the faulty institutional design eating away at the foundations of Indian society.

Bengaluru’s Oota, Bombay Canteen, Gurugram’s Comorin—Indian chefs dig into regional cuisine

In 'Eating the Present, Tasting the Future', Charmaine O'Brien  explores India’s changing food eating, producing and trading habits.

On Camera

iPhone craze, Goa trips, to making ends meet, ‘addictive’ instant loan apps leading many into debt trap

Unsecured loans have been a concern for RBI for a while now. Last year, it took steps to make it more expensive for banks, NBFCs to give them out in bid to deter such borrowing.

Army does ‘physical verification’ of Chinese pullout from Depsang, ‘escorted patrolling’ mooted in East

First patrol since January 2020 in Depsang Plains will start this week. It's understood that Army will carry out patroling to PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.