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Azeem Ibrahim’s book on Rohingyas is a portrait of a people persecuted left, right and centre

The persecution of Rohingyas is no impulsive incidence but a systemic project executed with surgical precision.

Naguib Mahfouz’s essays not only capture the past and present of Middle-East, but future too

The essays offer us both the portrait of a decade, and the self-portrait of one of its more important participants.

‘Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet’: A cultural lesson for the decade

Mineke Schipper’s book is an analyse of the many proverbs that talk about women across cultures, geographies and time periods and how they came about.

Adam Plowright’s book ‘The French Exception’ provides glimpses of the extraordinary rise of Emmanuel Macron

Macron not just created history by winning French presidency, but also proved to be a flicker of hope at a time when Right is...

How former RSS head M.S. Golwalkar saw India and wanted to treat minorities

In this excerpt from his new book, 'Why I Am a Hindu', Congress MP Shashi Tharoor explains nationalism as RSS leader M.S. Golwalkar saw it. 

What to expect if the Modi govt is inspired by Hindutva to revise India’s Constitution

In this excerpt from his new book, 'Why I Am a Hindu',Congress MP Shashi Tharoor lists what changes can be expected if the Constitution is revised based on Hindutva.

Karni Sena is actually violating something profoundly vital to Hinduism: Shashi Tharoor

In this excerpt from Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's new book, Why I Am a Hindu, he talks about how the plural expressions of India's many identities is being stifled by its Hindu majority.

Rather than appreciate our inputs on CWG, govt picked holes in it: Vinod Rai

In this excerpt from his book, former CAG Vinod Rai explains how they had pointed faults in the planning of the Commonwealth Games but weren't taken seriously.

Centre didn’t want to take blame for Nirbhaya incident, I took it instead: Sheila Dikshit

In this excerpt from her autobiography, former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit explains why she stayed on despite the fallout of the controversial 2012 incident.

Even the PMO had orphaned the Commonwealth Games in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit

Sheila Dikshit, in Citizen Delhi: My Times, My Life, talks about the alleged irregularities surrounding the 'orphaned' Commonwealth Games held in Delhi.

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Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?