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Atal Bihari Vajpayee called Farooq Abdullah a langoor for his theatrics at the UN over Kashmir

Abhishek Choudhary - July 22, 2025

India’s brain drain powers Trump’s MAGA dream. Numbers prove the irony

How upper caste Hindus imbibed every privilege of White corporate America

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

For parents, having a madrasa-educated daughter brings social prestige to the family

Hem Borker - September 8, 2018

Author Hem Borker in this excerpt reveals to his readers that for Muslim parents preparing their girls for 'afterlife' matters more than life's journey itself.

A Brahmin doctor’s house first revealed the ugly side of Hindu faith to me

Manoranjan Byapari - September 7, 2018

Manoranjan Byapari writes about his life and observations as a servant to a Brahmin doctor.

‘If you can’t cook, stop eating’: what husband of India’s airline hero Neerja told her

Aneesh Bhanot - September 4, 2018

Aneesh Bhanot, Neerja's brother, reveals his sister's plight in marriage that left her starving of both finances and food.

Is sex more important than friendship in marriage?

Gurcharan Das - September 3, 2018

Public intellectual Gurcharan Das writes about how dwindling desire in marriage can give way to another kind of love.

‘No azadi without dialogue’: How people living along India-Pakistan border feel

Anam Zakaria - September 1, 2018

Anam Zakaria's book Between the Great Divide brings forward the voices of women and children from the LoC that are usually lost in politics and militarism.

How the Bengali went from ‘baboo’, a figure of ridicule, to a nationalist traitor

Deborah Baker - August 28, 2018

The Partition of Bengal in 1905 spurred acts of rebellion that gave Bengalis a means to prove they could be fearless.

Why a New York-based smuggler dumped $20 million worth of Indian art

S. Vijay Kumar - August 27, 2018

Subhash Kapoor, smuggler of Indian art, eluded Indian officials for years because he had the backing of sources who could never be identified.

Confronted with destitution and death around her, Mother Teresa did what became her hallmark

Navin Chawla - August 26, 2018

What prevailed over all else was her faith, and with this alone Mother Teresa ploughed her lonely furrow.

During 1962 war, Nehru was ‘quieter than usual, often in a reverie and sometimes trembling’

Kuldip Nayar - August 24, 2018

An blow-by-blow account of the India-China war from the writings of celebrated journalist Kuldip Nayar, who passed away recently.

‘Hurts to see journalists bending backwards to remain handmaidens of proprietors, govt’

Kuldip Nayar - August 24, 2018

In his autobiography ‘Beyond the Lines’, veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar had expressed regret about the commercialisation of journalism.

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Book Excerpts

Atal Bihari Vajpayee called Farooq Abdullah a langoor for his theatrics at the UN over Kashmir

India’s brain drain powers Trump’s MAGA dream. Numbers prove the irony

How upper caste Hindus imbibed every privilege of White corporate America

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

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