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Don’t reach for coffee next time you’re tired at work. A nap can boost productivity

Pavan Soni - 16 June, 2024

Gen Z is living with peak uncertainty. It’s the loneliest age

Indian Muslims are fighting for Right to Have Rights. Hindutva is now the only game in town

This Hindu-Muslim relationship blossomed despite the Babri Masjid riots in 1992

4,000 girls go missing in Bengal each year. Floods, evictions, Ganga have their own role

Parimal Bhattacharya - 12 January, 2022

In ‘Field Notes from a Waterborne Land’, Parimal Bhattacharya writes about impact of natural calamities on school dropouts in Bengal, especially girls.

Can’t expect world to eat greens, Vivekananda said meat was needed to make Indians mighty

Sankar - 12 January, 2022

In ‘Vivekananda’, Sankar writes that Vivekananda did not believe in the concept of vegetarianism for the hardworking poor of India.

Ask Rahul Gandhi about Emergency and he calls it a ‘mistake’. And Modi is ‘fascist’

Arvind Narrain - 11 January, 2022

In 'India's Undeclared Emergency', Arvind Narrain draws a parallel between Indira Gandhi's 1975 era and the present.

This is how I made Indian CEOs understand Northeast migration problem

Sudeep Chakravarti - 9 January, 2022

In ‘Eastern Gate’, Sudeep Chakravarti asks what would happen to India’s NE if Bangladesh were to suffer a series of storms due to global warming?

India was once the cradle of civilization. Now it’s a ‘chalta hai’ country because of ‘jugaad’

Ramesh Venkateswaran - 8 January, 2022

In ‘The Happiness Trail’, Ramesh Venkateswaran lays down five easy-to-follow approaches to a happy and successful life, which he calls the five I’s.

Long before Gandhi, Godse pulled out a knife to stab Mahasabha chief for allying with Nehru

Dhirendra K Jha - 6 January, 2022

In ‘Gandhi’s Assassin’, Dhirendra Jha writes that Godse believed the Hindu Mahasabha should stay away from the government to establish a Hindu rashtra.

Indian sex writers are too embarrassed to write well. Unlike good sex, they lack passion

Suresh Menon - 5 January, 2022

In 'Why Don't You Write Something I Might Read?', Suresh Menon says Indian sex writing evokes either laughter or pity.

Discipline can’t override justice. India needs independent prosecution within military

Navdeep Singh - 4 January, 2022

In 'March to Justice', Navdeep Singh says military justice can be improved with independent trials. But India has none of it.

Sufi mystics from 1370s changed Kashmir’s identity. But orthodoxy of 1970s is the challenge

Sumantra Bose - 2 January, 2022

In 'Kashmir at the Crossroads: Inside a 21st-Century Conflict' scholar Sumantra Bose presents an authoritative account of the Kashmir conflict.

One way for women to tackle an uneven playing field—choose a boss, not a job

Nishtha Anand - 2 January, 2022

In 'Awakening the Rainmaker', Nishtha Anand maps out how women have carved out their own space within a corporate world.

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Book Excerpts

Don’t reach for coffee next time you’re tired at work. A nap can boost productivity

Gen Z is living with peak uncertainty. It’s the loneliest age

Indian Muslims are fighting for Right to Have Rights. Hindutva is now the only game in town

This Hindu-Muslim relationship blossomed despite the Babri Masjid riots in 1992

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