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How did ancient Indians, Africans, Greeks understand science? Panch tatva, God, myth

At the launch of his book 'Mythakon se Vigyan Tak', Gauhar Raza spoke about the development of science, scientific consciousness, and myths across ancient civilisations.

Rath yatras hold political power. They show god coming to people, not the other way around

At an event celebrating 75 years of the Marg Foundation, JNU professor Naman P Ahuja presented a curated selection of articles from its archives on the various aspects of Indian temples.

Onam inside a Nair tharavad—sadhya made easy in a new cookbook

Very few people in Kerala cook all 20-24 dishes of the sadhya today. Catering companies have replaced home kitchens. This changing nature of the sadhya was a central point of discussion at the launch of the book ‘Feast on a Leaf’.

Verghese Kurien hated his job, wanted to leave Gujarat. His legacy retold in new book

Everything about Anand was strange to Kurien, a Malayali Christian from Kozhikode. 'He completely disliked the job and wanted to leave as soon as possible,' said author MS Meenakshi.

British got threatened by Ganesh puja on Mumbai streets. Tilak began it to assert Hinduness

According to a new biography, written by Vaibhav Purandare, Bal Gangadhar Tilak wanted to consolidate Hindus and he supported the caste system.

British photographers showed sites of 1857 violence, without people. They erased Indians

A DAG exhibit, on display until 12 October in Delhi, reminds people how photographing is often ‘an act of staging reality’.

29 men defeated 300 Portuguese soldiers to free Dadra & Nagar Haveli—with 5 pistols, 3 rifles

Neelesh Kulkarni’s new book ‘Uprising’ highlights an overlooked part of the Independence struggle—against the Portuguese.

Hindi poet Vinod Shukla knows the modern art of storytelling. He’s now the subject of new movie

At the launch of 'Against Storytelling' and 'Treasurer of Piggy Banks' at Delhi's IHC, Vinod Shukla's poetry came to life, speaking directly to the reader.

How many times has Premchand been translated? New search engine answers all such questions

Launched at ‘Bhashavaad: National Translation Conference’, the database search engine has over 14,000 entries of books, with information on 6,500 authors and 7,000 translators.

Delhi book event asks to revisit ancient texts—goddesses have been sanitised by modern ideals

The authors of the book, ‘Birthing the Goddess: The Feminine and the Idea of Birth’, discussed the veneration of goddesses in their divine forms versus the often lower regard for women in their human forms.

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Defence, tech, education—Modi’s visit will boost India-UK ties

Given the immediate challenges on India’s borders, cooperation in the defence sector with partners such as the UK has achieved greater importance.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.