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Indians are still rejecting Left ideology. New book says there’s resurgence ahead

While the Left-led CPI(M)’s dominance in West Bengal and Kerala has had a rich history, the Left in India has struggled to find space for its ideology in contemporary politics, rarely gaining momentum for expansion.

Hyderabadis are too easy. They have talent but don’t tell their stories: author Daneesh Majid

The launch of Daneesh Majid’s new book, ‘The Hyderabadis’, coincided with the 77th anniversary of Operation Polo, the annexation of the erstwhile princely state.

The shifting phases of Delhi’s Mandi House—Institution, Memory, Resistance

In DAG festival, the city stood transformed into a mosaic of memory far greater than the litany of problems that structure life today.

Prof Shanker Thapa brings Nepal’s rare manuscripts to Delhi. ‘Tradition came from India’

Nepal scholar Shanker Thapa handed over digitised copies of over 1,200 Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts to IIC’s international research division. He had to coax many out of people’s shrines.

Romila Thapar’s packed IIC lecture had scathing questions for NCERT and Hindutva

At the third Kapila Vatsyayan Memorial Lecture at IIC, the historian’s one-hour speech was nothing short of a ‘Romila Thapar ki Paathshala’ for today’s India.

‘Dangerous anti-democratic shift’—former diplomat Shyam Saran issues warning at book launch

At the launch of his book, Democracy’s Heartland, former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi said he attempts to highlight why the Indian subcontinent matters.

‘In an ideal world, there would be 10-15 Muslim women in each Parliament’: Omar Abdullah

‘Politics is a boys’ club. Muslim women face a double entry barrier,’ said TMC leader Sagarika Ghose at the launch of ‘Missing from the House’ by Rasheed Kidwai and Amber Kumar Ghosh.

Dancing in mosques, ash-coloured highlights, ‘evaporated social fabric’— a Srinagar in flux

Arshi Javaid’s essay collection ‘Yaadgah: Memories of Srinagar’ brings out bittersweet memories of a multicultural Srinagar where Kashmiri Muslims and Pandits co-existed.

Business-politics nexus benefited Congress first and then BJP, says Mani Shankar Aiyar

India’s democratic drift was analysed threadbare at the launch of The Dismantling of India’s Democracy: 1947-2025 by senior journalist Prem Shankar Jha.

The many lives of Indian sadhus—rebels to arts to politics

Alongside diverse works, the DAG exhibition explores spiritual, cultural, and artistic expressions across the Indian subcontinent.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.