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Jadunath Sarkar fellows hit publishing big league. They reimagine India’s civilisational story

The graduation ceremony for Jadunath Sarkar fellows took place at Delhi’s IIC. It was attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and economist Dr. Shamika Ravi.

Ahead of PM Modi’s Manipur visit, Patricia Mukhim says no peace without justice

The discussion on Patricia Mukhim’s book, From Isolation to Integration, brought together authors, journalists, and public intellectuals, including ThePrint Editor-in Chief Shekhar Gupta and former Union Home Secretary GK Pillai.

Translators agree that AI can’t do their job. ‘It changed mummy to Egyptian mummy’

Author Sumitra Mehrol emphasised the need for translators to belong to the same social or cultural space and to deeply understand the subject they are translating.

There is gender bias in book reviews too, says publisher Ritu Menon

At the roundtable hosted by The Book Review Literary Trust, professor Rukmini Bhaya Nair said while the space given to book reviews has shrunk, the need for them hasn’t.

J&K oral histories counter popular perceptions about the region. They also have dark humour

Delhi’s Jawahar Bhawan held a discussion on Ipsita Chakravarty’s book Dapaan: Tales from Kashmir's Conflict. It was joined by independent journalists Safina Nabi and Nishita Trisal.

History of math isn’t just scholarly pursuit, says Jaishankar. ‘Tied to how we see ourselves’

'When facts are taught, they should also be given history. One learns the trajectory of thinking, how a concept is developed,' said Mathematician Manjul Bhargava.

How Pratap Bhanu Mehta will measure India’s progress in 2047—are domestic workers extinct?

The political philosopher isn't a fan of Indian secularism. The goal is individual freedom

Handle civil servants with care. ‘Once they start squealing, they can be quite impactful’

‘I think it’s a very important duty of any civil servant to see if something is conducive to the national interest, or is it only serving the political interest,' said Subhash Chandra Garg.


AI-driven documentary frames Nixon and Kissinger as ‘poster boys of genocide’ in Bangladesh

Ramesh Sharma’s Chronicles of the Forgotten Genocide screened for the first time at Delhi’s IIC last week. ‘The movie brings out Kissinger’s truth,’ said a retired commodore.

Arundhati Roy at Kochi book launch: ‘Everyone I love is here. Dangerous, given our govt’

'I love men,' said Arundhati Roy with an impish smile when asked if she saw them the way her mother, Mary Roy, did. 'I’m not bitter because I know how to handle them.'

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.