Mid-1900s' women artists were often exceptional presences in artist collectives with mostly male members - providing counterpoints to prevalent narratives.
In his book 'Mind it!: A Tongue-in-Cheek Look at How Indian English Can Amuse and Even Confuse', Sandeep Nulkar chronicles the uniqueness of Indian English words and phrases and the amusing reasons they came to be.
In his book 'Imperial Games in Tibet: The Struggle for Statehood and Sovereignty', Dilip Sinha unravels Tibet's complex geopolitical entanglements and the Chinese occupation.
In The Smart and the Dumb, Vishal Vasanthakumar argues that in conflict zones, like Manipur schools become sites of violence rather than sanctuaries of peace and learning.
In 'A Brief History of the Present: Muslims in New India', Hilal Ahmed rethinks the role of minorities in 'New India' and provides an accurate picture of Indian Muslims.
'Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade', edited by Aishwarya Pandit, covers a range of social, political, and cultural changes across India during PM Modi's last 10-year rule.
In 'Magnifera Indica', Sopan Joshi presents a rich synthesis of reportage, history, biology, economics, and culture to chronicle India's favourite fruit - mango.
The draft Seeds Bill gets the big ideas right: universal registration, traceability, real penalties. To work for Punjab, it must get federal plumbing and farmer-facing details sorted.
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.
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