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When a mill worker’s clenched fist in a 1934 film worried British censors in colonial Bombay

Photographing Civil Disobedience: Bombay 1930–31 brings together a rare collection of documentary photographs compiled in a historical album held in the Alkazi Collection of Photography, New Delhi.

Scientists are looking for the perfect anti-ageing blood cocktail. Billionaires can’t wait

In 'A Touch of Genius', editor Rudrangshu Mukherjee brings together, for the very first time, the work of all Indian winners of the Nobel Prize.

The day Tadoba lost 5 tigers to snakebite

In 'Maya', Anant Sonawane traces the iconic tigress' life, from her precarious beginnings to rise as a matriarch at Maharashtra's Tadoba-Andhari reserve.

India’s special relationship with water needs to change

In 'Water, Nature, Progress' Parameswaran Iyer, Arunabha Ghosh, and Richard Damania analyse India's water crisis with a call to action.

The gospel of Nietzsche’s Chandala—how the German philosopher appropriated Manusmriti

In ‘The Ambedkar–Nietzsche Provocations’ Ankit Kawade explores their shared critique of morality and caste.

Pakistan agreed to hand over Abhinandan by 4pm on 1 March. Why was it delayed till 9pm?

As the US successfully extracts two airmen from behind enemy lines, read how India brought back Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was dropped into Pakistan after a dogfight, in Ajay Bisaria's Anger Management.

How Nizamuddin Auliya helped break the glass ceiling for women

In 'Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya,' Raziuddin Aquil brings to life stories and anecdotes from the Sufi saints life.

Officers on early East India Company ships played a mix of political, diplomatic, military roles

In 'Governors of Empire', Amar Farooqui brings to life the story of the East India Company's conquest through the lives of its governors.

Indian middle class is the most indebted group worldwide. Taking loans for phones, holidays

In 'Breakpoint', author Saurabh Mukherjea—with Nandita Rajhansa and Sapana Bhavsar—reveals how the Indian economy has reached a breaking point, and charts the path forward.

How Indian firm Lupin became the world-leading TB medicine maker

Manish Sabharwal and Sundeep Khanna's 'Made in India' is the untold story of Desh Bandhu Gupta, Lupin, and how India became the pharmacy to the world.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.