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In India, politicians live ‘off’ the people, not ‘for’

Bimal Jalan tracks India’s rise as an economic and political giant in his book, ‘From Dependence to Self-Reliance: Mapping India’s Rise as a Global Superpower’.

Why ‘India wants affair, not serious relationship with Israel’ stands true

In 'West Asia at War', former IFS officer Talmiz Ahmad talks about how PM Modi's 'de-hyphenation' of relations with Israel was a 'balancing' act.

English in taste, Indian at heart—JC Bose was nationalist first, scientist later

In ‘Unsung Genius: A Life of Jagadish Chandra Bose’, Kunal Ghosh paints a striking portrait of Bose—a patriot with a flair for invention.

If India and China were friends, Asia would be more developed. But they are not

In ‘Wartime’, Rajiv Dogra writes about a frail India-China relationship where internal crises leave us vulnerable in front of a war-ready adversary.

At Manipur University, senior faculty wait outside VC office, benami contractors chit chat

In 'Manipur University: Restoring Normalcy', former VC of Manipur University Jarnail Singh takes a dive into the issues that plague the university.

With love, from Khan Market—How Mira Kulkarni made Forest Essentials more than a store

In her book ‘Essentially Mira’, Mira Kulkarni about how she built India’s first luxury Ayurveda beauty empire.

Weaving Jamdani — a 40-inch piece of saree that lived through Partition

Both men and women made Jamdani, a saree that came out of the Dhaka muslin industry and was brought to India by Persian craftsmen.

At 1:45 am, as India slept, SC heard case on who would form Karnataka govt—Congress or BJP

In ‘From the Trenches’, lawyer Abhishek Singhvi writes about his dramatic legal battles — from Sabarimala to Cyrus Mistry v Tata, and late-night government formations.

Fight today not with Congress, but with China – When Jana Sangh supported Nehru

In 'The Rise of the BJP', Bhupender Yadav and Ila Patnaik write how the Jana Sangh tried to draw the government’s attention to Chineseadventurism across the Indo-China border in 1962.

‘Dreams crushed, savings gone’—How Vigneshwara Developers scammed hundreds, escaped liability

In ‘Progress of the Indian Economy: Legislative Proactivism since 2015, Vivek Sood discusses the importance of economic reforms in the judicial system.

On Camera

We’re deeply pained by scientists describing Surya Tilak project as ‘trivial, criminal waste’

Former Director General of CSIR and a retired professor at IIA, Bengaluru, respond to the statement issued by more than 300 scientists criticising the Surya Tilak project for Ram temple in Ayodhya.

These 5 digital inclusion projects are bridging gender gap in financial literacy

While approximately 1.4 billion adults globally remain 'unbanked', according to the OECD, these people are more likely to be 'women, poorer, less educated and living in rural areas'.

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

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.