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How upper caste Hindus imbibed every privilege of White corporate America

In ‘Hostile Homelands’, South African journalist Azad Essa explores the origins of and connections between Zionism and Hindutva.

Rajesh Khanna was a mega star with 15 consecutive hits. Then Salim-Javed scripted his downfall

In 'The Dark Star', historian and bestselling author Gautam Chintamani explores the loneliness behind Rajesh Khanna's stardom.

Steve Waugh, Slater came to Kolkata Test with whiskey, cigar. Laxman, Dravid killed their joy

In ‘Indian Summers’, Gideon Haigh captures a century of fierce competition between cricket superpowers Australia and India.

When Apple CEO Tim Cook apologised to China in Mandarin & flew to Beijing for a secret meeting

In 'Apple in China', Patrick McGee analyses how the American tech giant helped build China’s dominance in electronics—and passively cooperated with an authoritarian regime.

Strike that—how carrom became India’s favourite game at home

The Indian government officially recognises carrom as a sport, and offers grants and support to organise state and national-level competitions.

Did Pandavas become Jain monks? How the myth mutated between religions

In 'The Cave of Echoes', Wendy Doniger shows how the stories of mythology—whether of gods, sages, demons or humans—enable cultures to define themselves.

Should robots be given a ‘quasi-person’ status? It could open a ‘legal black hole’

In 'AI on Trial', Sujeet Kumar and Tuseef Alam explain the key principles of culpability assignment with AI and the legal hurdles involved.

When an RTI application with Air India revealed a govt double standard

In 'Journalism through RTI', Shyamlal Yadav unravels how news was collected through persistent efforts using RTI.

6 myths around EVM tampering

In 'An Undocumented Wonder', SY Quraishi answers the biggest questions about Indian elections, which have been called the 'biggest management event in the world'.

Guru Dutt chose Raj Khosla over his brother to direct CID. It became the biggest hit of 1956

In ‘Raj Khosla: The Authorized Biography’, Amborish Roy Choudhury, along with Anita Khosla and Uma Khosla Kapur, examines the work of a legendary Bollywood filmmaker.

On Camera

Hyderabad is no longer the better Bengaluru. Our roads are flooding and full of traffic

I wonder how the current government thinks it can talk about building ‘Future City’ in Hyderabad when even the present city itself is barely functioning.

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.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

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.