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Villain to anti-hero to now hero status, Hindi novel shows Savarkar’s courage, compassion

‘Kamalkant Tripathi has had the bravery to write about Savarkar, which has given us the bravery to talk about it,' said panelist and JNU professor Omprakash Singh.

50 yrs of Meghalaya history, 6000 photos were trashed. A Northeast archive rescued it

Junisha Khongwir, a curator at the Northeast India Audio Visual Archive, recalled in an online event the importance of bringing archival materials back to the communities from which they originated.

India’s Portuguese connection doesn’t begin and end with Goa. It has a Chennai angle too

In the Coromandel Coast, Portuguese settlements existed in Mylapore, Pulicat and Nagapattinam. Renegades were conducting trade with South East Asia.

Who did Nehru pick as his first India Foreign Service cadre? Poets, scholars, rebels

Mani Shankar Aiyar, Karan Singh, and Purushottam Agrawal came together to launch Kallol Bhattacherjee's new book at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia in New Delhi.

‘Mt Annapurna’s baby’, Anurag Maloo is ready to climb again, a year after avalanche & coma

‘Now I remember when I took my first step, when I climbed my first stairs, when I ate food for the first time from my hands, when I wrote for the first time in the hospital,’ said Maloo.

India’s finance ministry had complex ties with its Planning Commission—’Always a tussle’

Majority governments can be as unstable as coalitions. Rajiv Gandhi's tenure saw four finance ministers.

Nehru’s foibles & failures. Scholars didn’t just laud former PM at his commemoration

Scholars from India's top universities explored Nehru the man, the leader, and the face of an independent India on his death anniversary at Jawahar Bhawan.

Is Delhi really a city of gardens? Mughals, British & CPWD laid them very differently

Swapna and Madhulika Liddle and Prabhas Roy's book Gardens of Delhi weaves history and horticulture seamlessly to create an intimate portrait of the city.

British distorted India’s diverse judicial practices. Even created a North-South divide

Political historian Meenakshi Jain delved into the origins of India’s judicial systems in a recent public seminar at Delhi’s PM Museum and Library.

One Nellore family, three generations of women and the India story

Shanta Sinha’s Delhi talk was an intergenerational narrative on the social transformation of women across a century, constructed from the memories of women in her family.

On Camera

Musk’s golden touch is on the line. Tesla needs him to do what he does best — sell a pen

Tesla sales have been sliding, profits have been shrinking, and brand loyalty is faltering. Elon Musk’s politics has something to do with it.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

India expands Southeast Asia defence footprint with new joint venture in Philippines

Memorandum of understanding between SMPP and ADFC was signed during state visit of Philippines’ President to India earlier this month.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.