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Friday, October 31, 2025

Afterword

K. Vaitheeswaran’s new book has many lessons for Modi’s Startup India

K. Vaitheeswaran co-founded India’s first e-commerce website, Fabmart.com and his book speaks of how it collapsed.

Not always a stroke of genius: Decoding decades of Indian advertisements

The book traces decades of Indian advertisement, what went behind their making, and how it relates to changing public psyche and economics of the times.

The Red-Haired Woman: Orhan Pamuk’s latest tale of love, guilt and longing

The Nobel laureate's latest book titled 'The Red-Haired Woman' is a tale of love and longing.

Empire: A novel about the trials of a female warrior in the Chola Dynasty

A historical fiction about Aremis, a female warrior in the Chola dynasty

The Epic City: A hurried rediscovery of Kolkata

Even as newer generations of Kolkatans leave their stagnant city for economic opportunity elsewhere, Kushanava Chowdhury journeyed the opposite route—from New Jersey to his...

Former RBI governor’s six secrets to unshackling India’s economy

Instead of sweeping reforms,Bimal Jalan advocates smaller changes that will strengthen governmental institutions

Ascetic and warrior: The book on Yogi Adityanath is an exercise in veneration

The author offers a painstaking defence of Adityanath's role in controversial 'Love Jihad' and Hindu Yuva Vahini campaigns, and portrays him as larger-than-life figure. Talha Ashraf 

On Camera

Starbucks was once progressive. It’s now approaching a dangerous spot in culture wars

Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.