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Launch of book on fact-checking BJP propaganda drips with liberal snobbery, contempt

The launch of Love Jihad and Other Fictions, was attended by Shashi Tharoor, Asaduddin Owaisi, Vrinda Grover, Jean Dreze, Romila Thapar, Prannoy Roy, Nidhi Razdan and others.

Chikankari workers stood up to maulvis during Shah Bano protests—art gave them courage

The 89th session of ‘Art Matters’, a platform by the Raza Foundation, explored the intersection of literature, politics, social justice poetry, and the arts.

‘Momo never stopped evolving’—new cookbook traces dish’s origin from China, Tibet to Nepal

Momos dominated the launch of Rohini Rana’s new collection of recipes, The Nepal Cookbook, on the grounds of the Embassy of Nepal.

The lethal ladies of Bengal in 1800s—poison, power, serial killing

Historian and author Sumita Banerjea unearthed some of the most chilling crimes committed by women in 18th- and 19th-century Bengal at a talk in Delhi’s IIC.

Chennai’s Museum of Possibilities turns Universal Design into a show-and-tell

The museum's exhibits centre around the themes of live, work & play. There’s even a cafe—soon to be features on MasterChef Tamil—that provides training to people with disabilities.

Much-awaited Modi Gallery at PM Museum is a glowing tribute. All triumphs, no trials

The gizmo-laden Modi Gallery at Delhi’s PM Museum opened last week and has already become a popular selfie spot for students, families, and fans.

Ukrainian pianist mixes music, Putin and history at Delhi jazz club. His mission political

For Taras Filenko, music has always been a tool for Ukrainians to resist cultural subjugation—under Imperial Russia, USSR, and now, Putin’s 'special military operation' that began in 2022.

IISF was a celebration of homegrown science–ISRO’s cosmic exhibit to CSIR’s purple revolution

ISRO's stall displayed information on Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1, whereas another exhibit displayed a ‘cost-effective’ method to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

A Tamilian and a Malayali want to make Urdu accessible using Delhi’s poets

The narrator of the mehfil highlighted how Urdu, disdainfully labelled rekhta or "assorted dialect", clashed with the refined Persian monopolisation of poetry.

Worried about Babri, Narasimha Rao called Mani Shankar Aiyar at 5am. PM was ‘frozen in fright’

When it came to economic reforms, Rao was half a lion, but when it came to Babri Masjid, he was half a man, said Aiyar at the launch of his book The Rajiv I Knew.

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Chinese chatter on Delhi-Shanghai flight — ‘normalisation’ needs more than linking the skies

Chinese commentators consistently portray India as the driver of rapprochement. New Delhi’s outreach is framed as a pragmatic, reluctant choice shaped by multiple pressures.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘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.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.