scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Thursday, January 15, 2026
HomeFeaturesAround Town

Around Town

India’s growth story masks unemployment and weak cities: Devesh Kapur, Arvind Subramanian

The Asia Society India Centre’s opening programme of 2026 focused on the book 'A Sixth of Humanity' and offered a counterpoint to India's rapid growth narrative.

Varanasi to Venice—a collection of essays traces time, space, and cities

The essays in Ananya Vajpeyi’s book, Place, are deeply personal and intimate encounters between her and the contemporary world.

Women voters are a political force, a ‘powerful revolution’ is underway: Shamika Ravi

At the launch of Ruhi Tewari's 'What Women Want' at the India International Centre, the panel discussed the evolving role of women as an electoral force in Indian politics.

From Rashid un-Nisa to Anandibai Joshi, how women shaped India’s literary history

A seminar organised by the All India Women’s Conference paid tribute to the 'literary mothers' and pioneers who chronicled the female experience.

Mohan Rakesh and the idea of urban loneliness return to stage on his 101st anniversary

In Delhi’s India International Centre, the CD Deshmukh Auditorium was packed with professors, writers and students who came to experience the performative reading of his three books.

How Mumbai evolved, and those who influenced it: DAG CEO Ashish Anand

From everyday Mumbaikars to Parsi leaders, the new DAG exhibition 'Face to Face,' traces Mumbai's history and will be on display from 8-11 January at the Taj Mahal Palace.

ABC rules not implemented properly. Don’t blame the dog, blame the government

Animal rights activists voice their concerns at a discussion on India’s Animal Birth Control rules organised by the Compassionate Citizens of India at the Press Club of India.

Kapil Mishra calls Delhi Shabdotsav a ‘surgical strike against ideological terrorism’

Ayodhya replica, 40 book launches & 100 speakers—Delhi Shabdotsav was a grand affair.

Conservation is not anti-development, it’s a science and an art, says Ratish Nanda of Aga Khan Trust

The project director of Aga Khan Trust delivered a lecture titled ‘Conservation-led Development in India’ on the 88th birth anniversary of Shankar Dayal Singh at the IIC.

Maharashtra’s folk music inspired Shailesh Srivastava — ‘it has a song for every occasion’

At the Maati ki Boli event, Shailesh Srivastava presented the lyrical soul of Maharashtra’s folk traditions and highlighted the versatility of folk music.

On Camera

A new Indian foreign policy consensus is emerging. That India isn’t a great power yet

After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.

Geoeconomic confrontation top trigger for global crisis, cyber insecurity biggest risk for India—WEF

WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.