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More Muslim women are wearing hijab as selfcare in India’s shrinking public spaces

Edited by PK Yasser Arafath and G. Arunima, 'The Hijab: Islam, Women and the Politics of Clothing' is a collection of essays which complicates the relationship between Muslim women and the hijab.

Why the Indian health minister didn’t even offer a chair to this vaccine firm executive

In ‘Braving a Viral Storm’, Aashish Chandorkar and Suraj Sudhir examine India’s vaccine journey during the Covid-19 pandemic

Why Shaktikanta Das’ lack of formal education in economics is a gift for India

Das has been outspoken about the lack of governance in banking and has called for tighter rules for state-owned banks.

The West needs yoga as much as India and the East needs modern science

In 'Wisdom of a Yogi’, Rizwan Virk recontextualises the lessons from Paramahansa Yogananda’s book ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ for a modern audience.

Glucose detecting tattoos to bindis that have iodine  — a 70s fashion fad is saving lives

In 'Exprovement: Exponential Improvement Through Converging Parallels', Hersh Haladker and Raghunath Mashelkar looks at how existing tech can fuel innovation in different contexts.

200 paintings, 274 folios—Why Abul Fazl’s ‘Akbarnama’ remains an unmatched document

Unlike historical records such as the Baburnama, the Akbarnama was created during Akbar's lifetime, allowing creators to be eye-witnesses to his life.

Only two kinds of women can survive in science — the rebels and the ones with support

In ‘Lab Hopping’, Aashima Dogra and Nandita Jayaraj explore the stories of women scientists and the challenges they’ve overcome and still face.

India’s regulators and govt are writing many rules about our lives without consulting MPs

In 'Caged Tiger', Subhashish Bhadra comments on the faulty institutional design eating away at the foundations of Indian society.

Bengaluru’s Oota, Bombay Canteen, Gurugram’s Comorin—Indian chefs dig into regional cuisine

In 'Eating the Present, Tasting the Future', Charmaine O'Brien  explores India’s changing food eating, producing and trading habits.

When Spielberg got a lesson in flip-thinking from Harrison Ford on the sets of Indiana Jones

The strategy of acceptance is the first of the 15 strategies for good reason. You could look at acceptance as the mother of all strategies.

On Camera

PM Modi rebranding is due. He should begin with land acquisition and farm laws

PM Modi looks determined to follow up on his Red Fort speech on reforms, but he is still looking diffident when it concerns farmers.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

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.