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Kalyan Jewellers’ TS Kalyanaraman once made a romantic film. ‘It was a disaster’

Most of the stalwarts of Malayalam cinema were our family friends, writes TS Kalyanaraman in his autobiography, ‘The Golden Touch’.

Laziness is the purest form of freedom. It’s an effect of happiness

Indrajit Hazra's 'In Praise of Laziness and other essays' is equal parts serious as well as frivolous, except you never quite know which parts are which.

The theft nobody talks about—Modern science uses Indian medical knowledge systems without credit

With ‘The Herbal Sutra: Indian Wisdom and Wellness Through 100 Herbs’, Madhulika Banerjee gives us a glimpse into India’s rich herbal legacy.

Bajwa worked for peace with India till his retirement. Balakot, Pulwama were black swan events

With telling revelations, memoir, and account of history, Ajay Bisaria's Anger Management is a study of the diplomatic engagement between India and Pakistan.

India’s next revolution will start in its small towns. They have long been ignored

As revolutionaries, Mangal Pandey and Mahatma Gandhi were opposite in temperament, but their efforts at different times vectored the British out of India over...

Before JeM chief’s listing as terrorist at UNSC, Pakistan asked China one thing. No more

With telling revelations, memoir, and account of history, Ajay Bisaria's Anger Management is a study of the diplomatic engagement between India and Pakistan.

This is how world’s largest crowdfunding project was achieved in Ayodhya

In 'Ayodhya Ram Mandir: Bharat’s Quest for Ram-Rajya', Swadesh Singh captures the important transformation of the ancient sacred city of Ayodhya.

In ’62, India prioritised keeping distance from the West over securing the nation: Jaishankar

Nehru felt that Patel was overly suspicious and stated in a note to him on 18 November 1950 that it was inconceivable that China would ‘undertake a wild adventure across the Himalayas’

Del Tufo & Co – India’s earliest photo studio with branches from Madras to Colombo

Photographs produced by the studio were shown at the 2015 exhibition, Imaging the Isle Across, and shown at the National Museum, New Delhi.

Before meeting Narayana Murthy, Sudha hoped he looked like Rajesh Khanna

In 'An Uncommon Love', Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni tells us the story of Sudha and Narayana Murthy, taking us 'deep inside their minds, hearts and values'.

On Camera

Anand Gandhi is taking his biggest moonshot from Goa— vaanars, rakshasis, manushyas

Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi moved to Goa to synthesise big ideas and build an Indian sci-fi mythiverse with MAYA. ‘In a way, the job title in the East for this enterprise is the Buddha.’

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.