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How Latin American fiction influenced India’s ‘magical and fabulous’ literary mind

In ‘Under the Bhasha Gaze’, PP Raveendran studies Indian literature in the context of modernity and its theoretical extensions.

Why you should not copy Rakesh Jhunjhunwala completely

For retail investors, borrowing to trade is not a great strategy. The market can be irrational in the short run, longer than you can stay solvent—even if you’ve made the right bets.

Science borrowed salvation from Christianity. Then came new religious movement—Apocalyptic AI

In 'Futures of Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives from India and the U.S.' Robert M Geraci takes a novel approach to the study of religion and Artificial Intelligence across multiple domains.

‘Fearless, pugnacious’—How 9-year-old Ambedkar rose from depths of caste degradation

In ‘Ambedkar: A Life’, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor chronicles the life and times of the father of India’s Constitution.

How HCL-Nokia partnership made mobile phones affordable for Indians in the 1990s

In 'Just Aspire', HCL co-founder Ajai Chowdhry traces how the average Indian started using their first affordable mobile phone.

When VJ Patel’s Hindu inter-caste marriage bill caused ‘great alarm’ among Brahmins

In ‘Caste Pride: Battle for Equality in Hindu India’, Manoj Mitta analyses the historic characters, speeches and decisions that shaped India’s war on caste.

Was Ambedkar an avatar of God? A group of Mahar Sadhus thought so

In 'Becoming Babasaheb: The Life and Times of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Volume I)', Aakash Singh Rathore explores Ambedkar’s personality beyond his intellectual pursuits.

What you didn’t know about Ambedkar’s Poona Pact journey: celebration to criticism

Ashok Gopal’s A Part Apart: The Life and Thought of B.R. Ambedkar, the first complete biography of Ambedkar published by Navayana on the eve of the 132nd birth anniversary, sheds new light on the Ambedkar–Gandhi debate by paying attention to Ambedkar’s writings in Marathi on the Poona Pact and his evolving views on Gandhi.

How old is the Gudimallam stone Lingam? Historians debate age of ancient Shiva linga

Located at a small village temple in Andhra Pradesh, this Shiva linga is carved from highly polished, reddish-brown rock and is enclosed in an apsidal sanctum, or garbhagriha.

British-era censorship did not spare Aurobindo’s letter from being circulated in his magazine

In Banned & Censored, Devika Sethi explores and compiles banned literature from the British colonial era to show exactly how merciless and tactful censorship was.

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.