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How the Vietnam War helped more Indian doctors migrate to the US in 1970s

In 'Indian Genius', Meenakshi Ahamed provides fascinating portraits of Indian Americans who started the wave of success stories abroad.

‘Mrs G was victim of communalism’ Shiva Naipaul wrote in his personal diary after Indira’s death

Amitava Kumar's 'The Green Book' gives a profound insight into the mind of a writer who observes closely and attempts to capture in images and words what is happening to the world around us.

‘I don’t like men like Vajpayee being allowed free entry’ into J&K: Nehru

In 'Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right 1924-1977' Abhishek Choudhary delves into Hindutva and its first prime minister.

When a German Navy inspector lost his job for asserting ‘need to respect Putin’

‘Just three weeks later, Russia went on to attack Ukraine on Putin’s orders, bombing civilians and denying the country its right to exist,’ writes Walter J Lindner in 'What the West Should Learn from India’.

What is wrong with Indian cinema? Satyajit Ray said melodrama and American influence

In ‘The State and New Cinema in Contemporary India’, Sudha Tiwari examines the setting up and roles of the Film Finance Corporation and the National Film Development Corporation.

AAP govt wanted coffee machines in public schools. Staff should bring coffee, said bureaucracy

In 'The Delhi Model,' Jasmine Shah unpacks the Delhi Model, offering it as an ambitious roadmap for a developed India.

How Goa’s iconic ivory statuettes spread Christianity in the 16th–17th centuries

Under the direction of Portuguese missionaries, large quantities of ivory sourced from their East African colonies came to be used to carve ecclesiastical statuettes by indigenous artisans.

A 9th-century critic freed Ramayana of religious meanings. It was just literature for him

'A Cultural Poetics of Bhasha Literatures', an Orient BlackSwan publication, explores interrelations between languages, literatures, and cultures in South Asia.

How England came to support a Jewish state in Palestine—‘civilizer of the backward countries’

In 'Original Sin', Stanly Johny offers a close view of the Israel-Palestine conflict based on historical understanding, research, and on-the-ground reporting.

When Mani Shankar Aiyar couldn’t wish Rahul Gandhi happy birthday. And what Priyanka said

‘A Maverick in Politics: 1991-2004’, is the second of Mani Shankar Aiyar’s memoirs. He draws a colourful portrait of his life in politics and those around him including Jayalalithaa, Sonia Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and more.

On Camera

Indo-Pacific security demands a strong India-Japan relationship

Japan’s technological sophistication align with India’s growing blue-water reach and central geographic position. Together, they can act as a counterweight to the Chinese navy.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.