A+++ to D – How China rates its citizens. Drunk driving can take you way down
In ‘How Should A Government Be’, Jaideep Prabhu writes China's ominous Social Credit system is a vision of what’s in store for us. Whether you are Left or Right, it matters whether your government does.
This chaiwala in Gujarat knew the success mantra, ditched MBA. Then Harvard came knocking
In ‘All you need is Josh’, Supriya Paul brings together stories of unique individuals and their inspiring journeys.
A young man from Meerut helped ‘made in China’ Xiaomi sweep India’s smartphone market
In 'Xiaomi', Jayadevan P.K. chronicles how the company built a cult following & went from a Chinese start-up to a global player in the smartphone market.
Dalit Veda Vyasa was India’s first nation builder. He was the child of an inter-caste union
In ‘Makers of Modern Dalit History’, Sudarshan Ramabadran and Guru Prakash Paswan write Veda Vyasa’s achievements show how Dalit communities have helped Hinduism revolutionise and reform.
Operation Eagle — The 1971 mission by RAW and Tibetan SFF that has no official record
In ‘The War That Made R&AW’, Anusha Nandakumar and Sandeep Saket write that with the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, spymaster R.N. Kao put India’s RAW on the world intelligence map.
British Empire’s sun hasn’t set on Indian officers’ clubs — centre of civil-military tussle
In ‘India’s Power Elite’, Sanjaya Baru writes that BJP’s greater political prominence to military heroes has not always raised their profile within the power elite.
How this Travancore King sparked off temple entry reforms for Dalit citizens
In ‘History Liberated’, Princess Aswathi Thirunal Gouri Lakshmi Bayi writes about reforms & policies undertaken during the Travancore royal family’s last phase.
Working at Google wasn’t cutting it, that’s how The Bohri Kitchen was born
Munaf Kapadia worked at Wrigley and then Google before leaving it all to start The Bohri Kitchen with his mother from their home in Colaba. Read an excerpt from his book.
Dyer’s rage didn’t end with Jallianwala Bagh. Don’t forget Khoo Korian
In a new edition of V.N. Datta’s 1969 classic ’Jallianwala Bagh’, Nonica Datta writes that Gen. Dyer ‘wanted to punish Amritsar more’.
Why Manohar Parrikar’s biggest contribution to Defence Ministry was breaking Rafale logjam
In ‘Manohar Parrikar: Brilliant Mind, Simple Life’, Nitin A. Gokhale explores how India’s first IIT-qualified chief minister strengthened India's national security.
‘Indians for Indians’ is how Indian-Americans are fighting Biden ban on vaccine raw materials
Given the importance of Indian origin communities as political groups in the US, how this Indian-American mission unfolds will be interesting to watch.
Reforms, asset sales ‘on track’ — Modi govt confident Covid surge won’t hit budget decisions
Modi govt is of the view that 2nd Covid wave won't cause major economic disruption like it saw last year. Officials confident of Air India & BPCL sale 'in next few months'.
Defence
Army stresses on integrated logistics on the lines of Amazon, Flipkart amid Covid crisis
Army Vice-Chief Lt Gen. C.P. Mohanty said his vision of Operation Logistics is that it has to be networked to connect frontline soldiers & service providers at the click of a button.
As Modi govt faces up to Covid disaster, BJP learns a tough truth — the virus doesn’t vote
Till February this year, Narendra Modi and the BJP were congratulating themselves on having avoided the tsunami of Covid. Now India is a hare in headlights.