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Atal Bihari Vajpayee has just been gift-wrapped, returned to the RSS in a new book

Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right 1924–1977 shatters BJP poet-politician’s reputation as a liberal hero. “I recognise more of Vajpayee in this book," said BJP's Swapan Dasgupta.

People think Irrfan was intimidating. I want to write about his funny side—wife Sutapa Sikdar

At the launch of the book, Irrfan: A Life In Movies, Khan's wife Sutapa Sikdar, son Babil, writer-producer Shailaja Kejriwal, and actor-poet Danish Hussain were in a conversation with film critic and author Shubhra Gupta at The Quorum in Mumbai.

Nehru’s amendment to the Constitution was a revolution. Made sedition an invalid law

Speaking at the launch of his book on freedom of speech, SC lawyer Rohan J Alva stressed that the reasonable restrictions in Article 19 (1)(a) is different from sedition.

Who flew to US with the PM? Diplomats clash at launch of book on Indira and Rajiv Gandhi

Chinmaya Gharekhan's book Centres of Power: My Years in the Prime Minister’s Office and Security Council chronicles his time in the PMO in the 1980s & the UNSC in the 1990s.

Delhi’s elite braved May heat to attend this grand book launch – with mandap, marigolds, music

For the launch of ‘The Great Indian Tamasha’, Om Books International revamped its DLF Promenade store into a traditional Indian wedding venue.

New book uses Nirbhaya case to explain child rights—launch event turns into a morality slugfest

Co-author Enakshi Ganguly and other panellists appeared to have lost all control over their audience, which seemed adamant about escalating the situation to a shouting match.

Gauri Khan’s new book takes you inside Mannat, SRK’s favourite room, dinner-table conversations

Launched amid the sprawling glamour of Mumbai’s Taj Lands End, the book 'My Life in Design' charts Gauri Khan’s journey from being cash-strapped to designing homes for Karan Johar and Katrina Kaif.

Focus on services an excuse for incompetence. Manufacturing is key, says Jaishankar

The foreign minister was speaking at the launch of former NITI Aayog chief Amitabh Kant’s book Made in India.

Cheetah is India’s new conservation icon after tiger. It can save grasslands

The Story of India’s Cheetahs suggests that the animal's revival will be a long-drawn out process, spanning several decades at least.

Belchi wasn’t just Indira Gandhi’s moment. A legal landmark for Dalits too, new book says

Manoj Mitta’s ‘Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India’ documents the fight against the caste system and the pushback against it.

On Camera

Mumbai train blast verdict shows an urgent need to reform India’s criminal justice system

The Malimath Committee had recommended that all prosecutors should work in close cooperation with the police department. The present trend, however, is to the contrary.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.