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Movie spoilers can actually drive up box office revenues. Not everyone hates them

In ‘Mine Your Language’, Abhishek Borah uses a range of relatable case studies to show the small and large ways that language affects the bottomline.

Data scientist was the sexiest job of the 21st century. Then AI came

Nitin Seth’s ‘Mastering The Data Paradox’ is a guide to big data. It offers and expansive and actionable framework to unlock the potential of AI and data.

Murlidhar Bhandare’s son almost missed his exams in 1973. Rajiv Gandhi came to his rescue

In ‘The Arc of Memory’, Murlidhar C Bhandare, Congress leader and former governor of Odisha recounts his life events set to the backdrop of India’s history.

This is how Ramayana’s Garuda is depicted in India, Thailand, Indonesia

In ‘Whose Ramayana is it Anyway’, Natasha Sarkar highlights the multiple variations of the epic with nearly a hundred accompanying watercolours painted by her.

Afghan police thought I was a Pakistani spy. Shah Rukh Khan helped me escape arrest

In ‘The Fall of Kabul’, journalist Nayanima Basu writes about her first hand experience of being in Afghanistan when the Taliban took over.

Sarojini Naidu was once ‘enviably close’ to Jinnah – Asaf Ali

In 'Circles of Freedom', historian TCA Raghavan focuses on the incredible lives of Asaf Ali and his companions to tell the story of the Indian freedom struggle.

Ebrahim Alkazi gave up a acting career in England for promise of Nehruvian modernity

In ‘Ebrahim Alkazi’, Amal Allana writes about her father’s life. It’s the first full-length account of the theatre personality's life and work.

How Xi Jinping went from China’s Gorbachev to a combination of Mao and Stalin

In ‘The Indian Reality’, Ram Madhav writes about how Xi Jinping rose to power on the back of his father’s clout.

Sheeshnag to Banihal—young Kashmiris are making trekking locations popular on YouTube

In ‘Travels in Paradise on Earth’, Romesh Bhattacharji writes about a region he’s been exploring since the 1960s. With hand-drawn maps, he illustrates the beauty of the nooks and crannies of Kashmir.

How ‘portable’ Kavad shrines of Rajasthan tell stories of gods & epics

The tradition of kavad banchana involves carrying the kavad to different places, mostly homes of the patrons, and narrating stories from epics such as the Mahabharata or Ramayana.

On Camera

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

What is ‘ROCKS’, India’s first air-launched quasi-ballistic missile

A next generation extended stand-off air-to-surface missile test fired by IAF, ROCKS has been designed & manufactured by Israeli defence major Rafael, keeping India’s needs in mind.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.