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Losing OCI was an intimate shame at first. It freed me later: Aatish Taseer

In 'A Return to Self', Aatish Taseer revisits the places that formed his identity, asking broader questions about the complex forces that make a culture and a nationality.

Indian prisons suffer from a crisis of compassion. Those caged aren’t guilty, just unprotected

In his book, 'In Praise of Coalition Politics', Manoj Kumar Jha interrogates the state of Indian democracy through political and personal essays.

How Kulwant Roy captured India’s transition to freedom

The photojournalist’s legacy was obscured for nearly thirty years between his death and the recovery of his negatives.

How Humayun took away the pink Agra diamond from king Vikramaditya

In 'Babur', Aabhas Maldahiyar challenges the conventional portrayal of Babur, offering a nuanced view of his ambitions and complexities.

Economics must listen to human beings—not teach them to think like rational experts

In 'Reimagining India's Economy', Arun Maira suggests that public policy should be guided by poetry, philosophy, and common sense rather than statistics and AI.

KM Panikkar joined Bikaner princely state with a resignation letter in his pocket

In 'A Man for All Seasons', Narayani Basu draws on archival material and first-time interviews with Panikkar's family to present an engaging portrait of the diplomat.

The first googly was a party trick. A British cricketer discovered it with a tennis ball

In ‘Caught Yapping’, Abhishek Mukherjee narrates the history of cricket through 100 quotes.

Nirmala Sitharaman asked for a change that made finance secretary Garg quit the IAS

In ‘No, Minister’, Subhash Chandra Garg pulls the curtain back on how the finance secretary’s office functions and his interactions with politicians across the spectrum.

CAG missed out on examining demonetisation despite announcing that it would do so

Drawing on decades of insider experience, P Sesh Kumar's 'CAG: What it Ought to be Auditing' questions whether the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is truly fulfilling its constitutional mandate.

Assamese cinema was born in a tea garden. 1935 film ‘Jaimati’ was the first

In 'Assam Tea', Samudra Gupta Kashyap traces the development of the state's tea Industry and its socio-economic impact.

On Camera

Bihar rejected Rahul Gandhi’s divisive politics. Voters are nobody’s fools

Voters in Bihar don’t want dynastic politics, minority politics, or caste politics—all dead ducks flogged by the Congress Party in its regressive, divisionary, divisive game.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

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.