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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.

Redefining Mumbai for Delhiites—how Chef Ajay Chopra’s SoBombae surpasses expectations

The new restaurant in Gurugram’s Magnum Global Park is an archive of Mumbai's ‘untouched’ cuisine that reflects the city's rich food diversity.

How an American woman mapped the world’s highest battleground—Siachen Glacier

In 1912, Fanny Workman decided to conduct a full reconnaissance of the Siachen Glacier, which she described as the 'Great Rose Glacier'.

What happens to sex workers after police raid? New book breaks shelter home myths

Scholars Anuja Agarwal, Shruti Pandey, Mahuya Bandyopadhyay and others came together to launch Vibhuti Ramachandran’s book Immoral Traffic in Delhi.

RSS didn’t always honour the Constitution. It’s a new phenomenon: Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor was in conversation with Vir Sanghvi at The Park, where The Oxford Bookstore announced the longlist of contenders for its 11th Book Cover Prize.

When Advani was kept out of the loop on Vajpayee’s nuclear test—‘tears came to his eyes’

During her lecture at the Prime Minister's Museum and Library, journalist Neerja Chowdhury unpacked Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tension-filled partnership with LK Advani.

Delhi’s air is making Nitin Gadkari sick. ‘If I live here for 2 days, I get throat infection’

Nitin Gadkari, Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi, Lieutenant General VG Khandare came together to launch Uday Mahurkar's new book at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.

Colonial narratives still fuel hate speech in India, says historian Irfan S Habib

Scholars and an ex-IPS officer unpacked the gaps between law, history, and enforcement on the ground at a conference in Delhi's India International Centre.

Rajeev Sethi makes the case for handmade in a machine age

Rajeev Sethi gave a lecture titled 'Handmade for Gen-Next', part of inaugural edition of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Craft Lecture Series at the International Craft Complex.

Are judiciary and EC compromised? Former CJI and ex CEC differ at Lokmat panel

Former CJI BR Gavai, Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi, and ex CEC SSY Quraishi debated the challenges faced by constitutional bodies at the 5th Lokmat National Conclave on Wednesday.

On Camera

Budget 2026 must signal rail reform. End cross-subsidies, privatise operations & services

Rail reform must be politically and socially sustainable. Infrastructure ownership should remain sovereign, while privatisation should be limited to new services and assets.

2025 marked key point in India’s power sector: Clean energy surge pushed coal power into rare decline

Coal-based power generation fell 3% in 2025 while renewable capacity surged to 40% of India’s installed power mix, according to India Power Sector Review 2025 by CREA.

Bangladesh-Pakistan look to expand ties to defence procurement as Dhaka shows ‘interest’ in JF-17s

Pakistan military said it has assured Bangladesh of fast-tracked delivery of Super Mushshak trainer aircraft during high level defence meet held Tuesday.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.