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India can’t rely on global tech giants for its digital systems. Prioritise sovereignty

In 'India Innovates: Technological Sovereignty in a Weaponized World', Pranjal Sharma assesses the recent acceleration of the nation's quest for attaining technological sovereignty in a weaponised world.

My darshan of god is always through my camera: Raghu Rai

In ‘Portrait of an Artist’, published by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and Mapin Publishing in 2026, Rohit Chawla revisits a conversation with Raghu Rai on art, obsession and photography.

Is Kerala a true healthcare pioneer? NITI Aayog index is flawed

'The Kerala Club', edited by KM Chandrasekhar and TP Sreenivasan, explores one of India's most debated states, its triumphs, contradictions, and unresolved dilemmas.

Nehru’s enthusiasm, Jinnah’s silence, and Gandhi’s baffling indifference to Mohenjo-daro

In 'The Indus', Andrew Robinson looks at the vital legacy of the Indus Valley Civiliation within modern India.

From Heracles to Krishna—wrestlers’ weights and cultural exchange in the Kushan Empire

It is speculated that the Mathura weights were considered especially novel or valuable, distinguished not only by material but also by their iconography.

When Guru Gobind Singh forgave a man for aiding enemy Mughal soldiers

In 'The Power of Doing Good', Harteerath Singh Ahluwalia shares the story of Sikh 'seva'—through the legacy of eleven Gurus.

The 1949 Tata heist—how a trusted clerk robbed Bombay House for lakhs

In 'The Bombay House Heist' Sunil Nair brings together some of the most astonishing and colourful crimes in India.

When a mill worker’s clenched fist in a 1934 film worried British censors in colonial Bombay

Photographing Civil Disobedience: Bombay 1930–31 brings together a rare collection of documentary photographs compiled in a historical album held in the Alkazi Collection of Photography, New Delhi.

Scientists are looking for the perfect anti-ageing blood cocktail. Billionaires can’t wait

In 'A Touch of Genius', editor Rudrangshu Mukherjee brings together, for the very first time, the work of all Indian winners of the Nobel Prize.

The day Tadoba lost 5 tigers to snakebite

In 'Maya', Anant Sonawane traces the iconic tigress' life, from her precarious beginnings to rise as a matriarch at Maharashtra's Tadoba-Andhari reserve.

On Camera

BJP amplifies female voices while Congress mutes women MPs, new data shows

While the 2023 Reservation Bill promises more seats, data reveals a stark 'voice gap' where Congress women are silenced and BJP women are amplified.

The rupee at record low will end India’s cheap- money era

The rupee’s fall to record lows amid rising energy-import costs and capital outflows is raising expectations that RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra may be forced to abandon his pause and hike rates.

76 yrs on, exhibition on Korean War brings to life independent India’s 1st overseas military deployment

'Guardians of Neutrality: India's Korean Mission', organised in Delhi, brought out unknown and forgotten aspects of the war.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.