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Punjabi women missing from discussions on Jallianwala Bagh—as if they didn’t suffer at all

In 'The Jallianwala Bagh Journals', Sarmistha Dutta Gupta gives more than an account of the 1919 Amritsar massacre. Her pedagogic experiment also serves as a chronicle of our own troubled times.

A visit to Pizza Hut reversed the roles between these Indian diplomats & Pakistani agents

In ‘An Indian Woman in Islamabad’, Ruchi Ghanashyam recalls her adventures in Pakistan between 1997 and 2000, when she was stationed there as a diplomat.

A Pakistani software company earned millions selling fake degrees. Its main market was India

In 'The Maz Files: Scoops, Scams, and Showdowns', journalist Mazhar Farooqui shares the events behind his thrilling stories that led to legal action against more than 250 criminals.

How a journalist discovered the middlemen making millions off Chhattisgarh Maoist-State conflict

In 'The Company of Violent Men', Siddharthya Roy reveals the personal journeys behind his reporting of violent conflicts in South Asia.

AR Rahman to Nandan Nilekani—how ‘outliers’ view failure, uncertainty

Pankaj Mishra's 'Against The Grain' dives deep into the minds of those who dared to defy convention.

Sufi saints and Sultans in Delhi—a delicate balance of asceticism and politics

In his book 'Sufi Rituals and Practices', Kashshaf Ghani traces the origin, spread, and influence of the Chishti and Suhrawardi orders of Sufism.

How Jamini Roy infused his art with India’s folk traditions

Roy’s work was instrumental in defining a unique identity for Indian art in postcolonial India. His early works, created post-1930s, featured religious icons from Hindu epics and mythology, Biblical themes and women.

How I trained a Delhi restaurant to serve Sadhya—walk in mundu, don’t use trays

In ‘Feast on a Leaf’, Chef Arun Kumar TR explores the festival of Onam and its centre piece—the sadhya.

A bold Tamil woman edited anti-British women’s magazine. History isn’t just Gandhi-Nehru

Deborah Anna Logan's 'The Life Literary: Women's Writing in Indian Ladies' Magazine' is about the first English-language magazine, which showed Indian women's socio-political evolution through their writing.

Boeing made one key mistake in 737 crisis. It followed the flawed ‘less said the better’ strategy

In ‘Managing Brand Transgressions’, Shailendra Pratap Jain and Shalini Sarin Jain present over 25 case studies of brands like Boeing, Cadbury and Maggi and give the reader a roadmap to deal with a crisis.

On Camera

India’s IT firms must reduce dependence on North America, think long term

India’s IT services companies are not holding firms. They should focus on creating long-term value for shareholders instead of returning cash to keep share values up.

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.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.