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Who has the rights over Nepal’s historic Taleju Bhawani necklace?

In 2021, Nepal’s state department of archaeology submitted a request to the Art Institute of Chicago for the repatriation of the necklace. No action followed.

DDLJ, Devdas, Shakti—what trains represent in SRK films

In 'Shah Rukh Khan and the Railway Narratives', Ankur Konar analyses the emotion, drama, and romance in the train scenes in SRK films.

Don’t call student protests a revolution. It was a terror attack on Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina

In their upcoming book, 'Inshallah Bangladesh', authors Deep Halder, Jaideep Mazumdar, and Sahidul Hasan Khokon offer the first full chronicle of the political upheavals in the country in 2024.

India’s Supreme Court is a decorated superstructure with a dilapidated base

Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian's 'A Sixth of Humanity' has been called a definitive development history of India.

When Giorgia Meloni announced her pregnancy, and was met with insults, sarcasm, controversy

In I Am Giorgia: My Roots, My Principles, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has penned down her inspiring and historic journey.

Who are the favourite politicians of Indian women voters? It’s not a long list

Ruhi Tewari's book 'What Women Want: Understanding the Female Voter in Modern India' is a portrait of Indian democracy that sees women as its most ambitious stakeholders and perhaps even its kingmakers.

How wolf warrior diplomacy cost China its soft power in 2020

In 'Decoding China', edited by Ashok K Kantha, Indian diplomats, military officials, and scholars evaluate the country's internal and external dynamics.

The Tamil Nadu trio that took India from begging bowl to bread basket

In 'M.S. Swaminathan', author Priyambada Jayakumar offers a tribute to the scientist who freed India from hunger.

Guru Nanak was a critic of caste, Timurid rule. Yet Khatris in service of Mughals followed him

In 'Badshah, Bandar, Bazaar', Jagjeet Lally takes the reader on a journey through the Mughal empire's countryside, markets, and ports.

Why Group Captain Nachiketa has ‘immense respect’ for a Pakistani Captain

In 'Wings of Valour', Swapnil Pandey brings to life the extraordinary journeys of fighter pilots, veterans, and Kargil heroes.

On Camera

We celebrate Harappa excavation—and dismiss Keeladi, Sinauli archaeological digs as politics

In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted by the govt to fortify Hindutva.

Women form about one-fifth of India’s digital workforce, leadership roles a rarity, says LEAD report

The report released at Charcha 2025, an annual gathering of India’s social development sector, found that women remain largely concentrated in low-value and routine roles.

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.