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Shah Rukh Khan said to Vir Das: ‘Show me what you’ve got’

I made my big movie debut wearing a curly black wig and glasses, which you really should google if you haven’t already. So there...

When Malala attended the Diwali Ball at Oxford

In 'Finding My Way', Malala Yousafzai reintroduces herself to the world through a vulnerable, surprising memoir.

If equality is the aim, a caste census can never deliver it

Anand Teltumbde's 'The Caste Con Census' tells that caste, by definition, divides. And in the modern period, how it has multiplied.

Santiniketan became India’s guest house in 1920s, 1930s

In the book, A History of Santiniketan: Rabindranath Tagore and His Life’s Work 1861-1941, Uma Das Gupta sheds light on the poet’s life beyond his literary legacy—his devotion to education.

Not wearing a saree may be an issue in Carnatic music. Wearing one won’t be a bed of roses either

In the book, Songs of the Clay Pot: My Journey With Ghatam, Sumana Chandrasekar talks about those issues that we ponder about when we consider women and percussion.

‘Don’t call me Boomer.’ On being young, young-old, and old-old

In her memoir, 'Aging (Un)Gracefully', Lalita Iyer takes a deep dive into the many ways in which the process is both a ‘growing up’ and a liberation.

When the British suffered a humiliating defeat against Mughal navy in 1690

In 'Murarirao Ghorpade', Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta and Indrajeet Ghorpade offer a tale of military conquests, espionage, forbidden love and loyalty in 18th-century Deccan.

Who has the rights over Nepal’s historic Taleju Bhawani necklace?

In 2021, Nepal’s state department of archaeology submitted a request to the Art Institute of Chicago for the repatriation of the necklace. No action followed.

DDLJ, Devdas, Shakti—what trains represent in SRK films

In 'Shah Rukh Khan and the Railway Narratives', Ankur Konar analyses the emotion, drama, and romance in the train scenes in SRK films.

Don’t call student protests a revolution. It was a terror attack on Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina

In their upcoming book, 'Inshallah Bangladesh', authors Deep Halder, Jaideep Mazumdar, and Sahidul Hasan Khokon offer the first full chronicle of the political upheavals in the country in 2024.

On Camera

How do the Chinese see new Japan PM? ‘Shortsighted evil witch’

Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of the ‘Global Times’, described Takaichi’s behaviour as political sleepwalking and said that Japanese leaders must become more self-aware.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.