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Pakistan exploited India’s Article 370 fully. Fuelled Kashmiri Muslim resentment

Sreeram Chaulia’s ‘Friends: India's Closest Strategic Partners’ answers questions which are key to determining India’s future trajectory in international affairs.

Akbar’s treasury held glass vessels worth Rs 25 lakh. It came from Firozabad

In 'Mughal Glass', Tara Desjardin traces the history of glass production under Mughal rule, which has lacked academic attention so far.

Why an East India Company job changed this family’s name from Sankalia to Killavalla

In ‘The Other Mohan’, Amrita Shah tells the story of Indian migration through the journey of her great-grandfather from Bombay to South Africa in the early 1900s.

A tree on India-Pakistan border is a tourist magnet. It’s a Peepal that swallowed a pillar

In ‘Iconic Trees of India’, S Natesh tells the stories of 75 living trees. From the oldest Chinar in Kashmir to the speaking fig tree in the Andaman jail.

When Mohinder Amarnath called national selectors ‘a bunch of jokers’ & slept peacefully

‘Fearless’ is a forthright and anecdotal memoir of cricketer Mohinder Amarnath written by him with his brother Rajender Amarnath.

Why Jews fought for separate statehood for Cochin

In ‘Cochin’, MK Das chronicles the history of the small port town in Kerala. From the Dutch, Portuguese, British rule to present-day Communism.

Soft power: A short history of the iconic Nehru jacket

The Nehru jacket became popular in the West in the 1960s due to Jawaharlal Nehru’s visibility as a political figure.

Rajesh Khanna & Dimple Kapadia set the wedding video aesthetic. Delhi couples lapped it up

Ishita Tiwary's 'Video Culture in India: The Analog Era' is one of the first books to explore the diverse media history of the analog video era in India.

West tried to colonise Nicobar for a century—most missions failed within a year

Keshav Chandra's 'When the Turquoise Waters Turned Dark' provides a fresh perspective on the colonial history of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

OxyContin was Sacklers’ ticket to the moon. It set the opioid epidemic in motion

In 'Revenge of the Tipping Point', Malcolm Gladwell traces the rise of a new form of social engineering with vivid, real-world examples.

On Camera

Maruti-Suzuki’s eVitara is ready to hit the Indian roads—country’s EV ecosystem isn’t

Maruti-Suzuki eVitara is a well-packaged car, it will compete against the likes of Hyundai Creta electric and Tata Curvv.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

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.