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What Sunita Williams took to space in 2007—Gita, Ganesha & St Christopher

In 'Space: The India Story', Dinesh C Sharma traces the country's rise as a space power, highlighting key missions, challenges, and pioneers.

To Tam Brahm or not to Tam Brahm – The advice Gopalkrishna Gandhi got in Tamil Nadu

In 'The Undying Light: A Personal History of Independent India', Gopalkrishna Gandhi offers a deeply personal account of India's post-Independence triumphs, struggles, and evolving identity.

Going viral isn’t about luck. It’s bound to happen if you stick to a niche

In 'Pixels to Profits', Ankur Mehra offers strategies on turning digital creativity into a profitable online business.

How Shams and Rumi met—the union that sprung the poet’s ‘Diwan-e-Shams’

In 'Rumi: A New Selection', Farrukh Dhondy offers a fresh, insightful collection of the poet’s most profound works.

Nehru’s liberal import policy took a restrictive turn in 1957. Inflation was the catalyst

In 'The Nehru-Era Economic History and Thought & Their Lasting Impact', Arvind Panagariya explores Nehru's economic vision and how it impacted subsequent policymaking.

Sushi was a form of tax payment in medieval Japan. Then, it became street food for labourers

In ‘Rice: A Global History’, Renee Marton explores how rice shaped societies and cuisines.

Final hours of Lal Bahadur Shastri: An Urdu couplet, call with daughter & media criticism

In 'The Great Conciliator', Sanjeev Chopra draws on meticulous research to make a case for reassessing the legacy of India's unassuming second prime minister.

Toyota workers are empowered to be hands-on problem solvers. It comes from management’s trust

In 'Atypical', Prateek Raj provides a forward-looking blueprint for leaders who envision a more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient future.

Indian PoWs in WW2 weren’t welcomed back as heroes—no money, medals, morale

In The Great Épinal Escape, Ghee Bowman tells the incredible story of forgotten Indian prisoners of war, and their daring escape to Switzerland during WW2.

Pratap newspaper staffer injured in parcel bomb blast: ‘I have also made sacrifice for country’

In ‘Pratap’, Chander Mohan and Jyotsna Mohan track the history of the Urdu newspaper Pratap and its Hindi counterpart Vir Pratap.

On Camera

What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

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.