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Does the old international order get the brave new India? What Dhruva Jaishankar says

In 'Vishwa Shastra', Dhruva Jaishankar offers his perspective on how India could define the emerging world order.

Nehru wanted India to develop a scientific temper. Today’s leaders are doing the opposite

In 'Nehru’s India', Aditya Mukherjee explains the former PM's idea of India and his efforts to discover, champion, and defend it.

‘Don’t call it god particle’—physicist Ashutosh Kotwal keeps science & spirituality separate

In ‘Beyond the Higgs Boson’, Manik Kotwal writes about her son and physicist Ashutosh Kotwal, whose work is crucial to the study of particle physics.

How the US created an illusion of ‘saving’ Pakistan from India during the 1971 war

With telling revelations, memoir, and account of history, Ajay Bisaria's 'Anger Management' is a study of the diplomatic engagement between India and Pakistan.

‘Marquez is a Malayali’—Kerala loves Cuba & its romantic communism

In ‘Mad About Cuba’, Ullekh NP draws on the connection between Cuba and Kerala. The book is the result of an upbringing in the Marxist stronghold of Kannur and a trip to Cuba in 2023.

I was PM, but I didn’t know nuances of running a country: Indira Gandhi told Najma Heptulla

'When she began to break free from their shackles, and take her own decisions, they wanted to teach her a lesson. Their politics of patronage tipped her towards her downfall,' Najma Heptulla writes in 'In Pursuit of Democracy: Beyond Party Lines.'

Ambedkar dismissed bhakti saints for not questioning chaturvarna forcefully enough

The ‘Notbook of Kabir’ is the story of how author Anand loses himself in the pursuit of the saint.

British art, literature couldn’t get enough of Tipu Sultan in 1700s. Oriental exoticism ruled

‘Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore’s Interregnum (1760–1799)’ by Vikram Sampath opens a window to the life and times of one of the most debated figures from India’s history.

This Nagpur poha shop never skimps on onion—customers have to chop it themselves

In ‘Bazaar Bites’, Priya Bala and Jayanth Narayanan travel across India to document the best street food trails and the stories behind the dishes.

Govt’s fuzzy notion of Amrit Kaal won’t take us anywhere. It doesn’t define a developed India

In 'The Ten Trillion Dream Dented', Subhash Chandra Garg analyses the performance of the Indian economy under the Modi govt.

On Camera

Jamaat sweeps Bangladesh students’ polls, wants Pakistan as an ally. India must worry

Banned only a year before when Hasina was still the PM, the student wing secured 14 top ranks at the educational institution.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Attack on one is attack on both’—As Pakistan & Saudi Arabia sign pact, a look at their ties since 1967

Building on long-standing ties & Islamic solidarity, Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement comes at a time of heightened regional tensions especially after Israeli attack on Doha.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.