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The Right is writing now: Sanjeev Sanyal at Vikram Sampath’s Bravehearts of Bharat launch

Vandana Menon -
The panel discussion at the book launch dwelled on shifting the dominant historical narrative and ending the focus on 'overemphasised' parts of Indian history.
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How Chandra Shekhar govt and RBI hatched a plan to pledge India’s gold in 1991

C. Rangarajan -
In 'Forks in the Road: My Days at RBI', former governor C. Rangarajan gives a first-person account of India's economic crisis and history.
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How Dalit leaders created rift between Ambedkar’s savarna wife and son after he died

Savita Ambedkar -
In 'Babasaheb', Savita Ambedkar gives a detailed account of her marriage with B.R. Ambedkar and Dalits politics after he died.
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This mantra from Rig Veda is what modern physics compares to Big Bang Theory

Trilochan Sastry -
In 'The Essentials of Hinduism', Trilochan Sastry gives a nuanced and comprehensive understanding of some of the most important Hindu texts.
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Gandhara, the ancient kingdom that gave world its first Buddha sculptures

MAP Academy -
The anthropomorphised Buddha made way for narrative reliefs depicting his life, replete with iconography borrowed from Graeco-Roman and subcontinental cultures.
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China to Bangladesh, river-sharing pacts can be new CBMs, resolve other contentious issues

Shyam Divan -
Scarce environmental resources are already a major source of domestic and international conflict, and all evidence indicates that this will only increase.
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Cremating, dunking, burying—how the Hindu understanding of death transformed over time

Devdutt Pattanaik -
In 'Garuda Purana', Devdutt Pattanaik delves into Hindu ideas of death, rebirth, and immmortality.
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Packed cells, poor facilities, no rights—new book shows huge gaps for women in Indian jails

Chitvan Vinayak -
From UAPA-charged Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita to V. Geetha, panellists at the book launch gave new insights into what happens to women inside jails in India.
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How spymasters from India and Pakistan almost made a secret peace deal on Kashmir

Vappala Balachandran -
In 'Intelligence Over Centuries', Vappala Balachandran gives lesser-known information about secret talks between chiefs of ISI and R&AW on Kashmir.
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Why compromise on your dreams? A 28-year-old engineer’s journey to ‘28 jobs’ challenge

Jubanashwa Mishra -
In '28 jobs, 28, weeks, 28 states', Jubanashwa Mishra talks about how he took a leap of faith and did a variety of jobs when he embarked on his '28 jobs' project.
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Prannoy Roy in Abu Dhabi

You can call NDTV elitist, anglicised. But it defended democracy, gave us Ravish Kumar

Yogendra Yadav -
In all these years of covering elections on NDTV, I do not recall a single occasion when I was asked or even hinted to say or not say something. I disagreed with Prannoy Roy off-screen and on-screen and that was never a problem.
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Nationalism, rent-seeking could spoil our digital future. Learn from history of internet

The BMW i4 eDrive40. Photo Credit: BMW

Your car has more software than you think. And the manufacturer has the codes

Economy

51 cow universities, old pension scheme, jobs — what RSS affiliates want from 2023 Budget

Shanker Arnimesh -
Welfare schemes and ‘self-reliance’ figure high on Sangh organisations’ wishlists for finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of the Budget, which she will present on 1 February.

Defence

A soldier with 'Arjun', a black kite trained to down enemy drones, during the Yudh Abhyas exercise being held in Auli, Uttarakhand | Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

It’s a plane, no it’s a bird! Army’s training eagles & falcons to swoop down on hostile drones

Vandana Menon -
The birds are also being trained for surveillance at Remount Veterinary Corps Centre in Meerut, with cameras fitted to their heads to record videos.

National Interest

A Gujarat gamble: A likely reason Rahul is not giving Modi a fight this assembly election

Shekhar Gupta -
I'd rather not buy idea that Rahul's holding his fire until 2024. More likely, Congress believes Karnataka offers best chance of winning a Gujarat-sized state if Gujarat is too challenging.

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