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Nature wants you dead every time you breathe a cocktail of pathogens. Yet you don’t fall sick

In 'Infectious', Dr. John S. Tregoning mentions how the human body is cornered on all sides by nature-borne attackers.

Congress, Left, BJP – India striving to remake itself as settler colonialist: Amitav Ghosh

In ‘The Nutmeg’s Curse’, Amitav Ghosh writes that India’s forest lands have formed an internal ‘state of exception’ where normal functioning of laws is suspended.

Oil to anti-terror — How India under Modi reinvented itself on world diplomacy map

In ‘The Midway Battle’, Gautam Chintamani writes that Modi made it clear India would no longer be an afterthought on world stage.

The mentally ill were not ‘fit’ for national news until ’80s except for wrong reasons

In the book 'Asylum', Daman Singh provides an account of the history of mental healthcare and asylums in India since the early 20th century.

King Ashoka’s ‘hospitals’ to Rural Health Mission — how the Indian medical system evolved

In ‘Creating Value in Health Care’, Dr K Ellangovan discusses the histories, frameworks and perspectives of the Indian healthcare sector.

We must ‘replace’ caste with something else, rather than trying to ‘remove’ it: Ram Madhav

In 'The Hindutva Paradigm,' Ram Madhav writes that caste hierarchy and privileges based on caste had no sanction in Hinduism.

Muslims have to constantly offer ‘proof of patriotism’. Delhi riots just amplified the extent

In an essay in 'Citizenship: Context and Challenges', Fatima Khan details the experience of covering the Delhi riots 2020 and its impact on Muslims in the city.

The Archaeological Survey of India began as a three-member team led by Alexander Cunningham

'The World of India's First Archaeologist', edited by Upinder Singh, throws light on the place of archaeology in the politics of colonial India.

When Gandhi said Ahimsa cannot be taught to a man who is incapable of killing

In ‘Elusive Non-Violence’, Jyotirmaya Sharma points out that for Gandhi, a complete development of physical strength was an absolute condition for appreciating non-violence.

When Gandhi murder investigator got on the same taxi Godse and others took

In ‘The Murderer, the Monarch and the Fakir’, Appu Esthose Suresh and Priyanka Kotamraju investigate Gandhi’s assassination anew based on unseen evidence and reports.

On Camera

China activates ‘freedom in Tibet’ propaganda triggered by US-Dalai Lama meet in Dharamshala

India has avoided using the so-called Tibet card in the past but even this issue isn't off the table now as New Delhi works with the US to address the China factor.

Noida International Airport, Delhi NCR’s 2nd, delayed. To begin operations by April 2025

According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.

India’s 15-yr quest for anti-tank missile: Israeli Spike, DRDO option, back to US for Javelin talks

Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.