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How BJP’s support to Mamata Banerjee was critical for Bengal’s political landscape

In ‘Battleground Bengal’,Sayantan Ghosh sketches how identity, patronage, and fear continue to shape West Bengal’s politics, regardless of who is at the helm.

When 24 Mossad agents stole proof of Iran’s secret nuclear programme—0.5 ton of hard files, CDs

In 'Target Tehran', Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar tell the inside story of the tumultuous, and often bloody, history of how Israel has managed to outmanoeuvre Iran.

How Khomeini sidelined secular, Leftist, nationalist allies to make Iran an Islamic Republic

In 'Dictators', Priya Narayanan presents an intimate portrait of the deeply flawed men behind some of the world’s most terrifying dictatorships.

Lawrence Bishnoi regrets that his younger brother followed his footsteps in crime

In 'Gangs of Punjab', Jupinderjit Singh takes readers into the underworld, tracing the rise of men who blur the line between outlaw and icon.

Vande Mataram in Bankim Chandra’s Anandamath is a violent, anti-Muslim war cry: TM Krishna

In 'We, the People of India', TM Krishna invites readers to reconsider the significance of each of the nation's symbols.

How a Bengali woman became doctor to the King of Nepal in the 19th century

In her book 'Daktarin Jamini Sen', Sen's great-niece Deepta Roy Chakraverti takes readers on a journey through the life of one of the first Indian women to enter the medical profession.

How Raja Ravi Varma Press revolutionised printing in modern India

Ravi Varma imported machinery for steam-driven presses from Germany in 1892 and employed the help of two German litho-transfer artists to install and operate them.

How poetry helped me bring back my lost home in Manipur

In her poetry collection, 'Requiem for a Home in Manipur', Hoihnu Hauzel blends personal memory with the sociopolitical realities of Northeast India.

When two friends mapped Delhi and its semal trees

In her book 'Wild Capital', nature writer Neha Sinha takes readers on a journey through the hidden wildernesses of Delhi.

Many men pressure themselves to be good providers—it is irrational

In 'Notes on Being a Man', Scott Galloway has highlighted the growing masculinity crisis in the world.

On Camera

BJP wants a Maharashtra redo in Odisha. Naveen Patnaik is the last obstacle

With the back to the wall now, Naveen Patnaik is suddenly doing what he seldom did before—coming to the Assembly daily, making interventions, giving statements to TV channels, and hitting the streets.

Graduate and unemployed: India’s middle-class rulebook for career & success no longer works

Low salaries, little growth in corporate jobs and F&O losses, the assumptions that once built middle class security are no longer applicable to the emerging Indian economy.

Iran launches missile at US and UK’s Diego Garcia base, reveals new striking capability

New Delhi: In a dramatic escalation that has surprised the world, Iran attempted two missile strikes on a US-UK joint military base in the...

The Vishwaguru delusion, mine vs yours, is ruining our view of the world

One side thinks India is punching way above its weight. The other thinks Modi has undermined India and it punches below its strength. Both are wrong.