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When a Dalit man refused quota: ‘You are blocking an open category seat of an upper caste’

In 'Scum of the Earth', Rakshit Sonawane traces one man's journey from the margins to the mainstream.

Losing OCI was an intimate shame at first. It freed me later: Aatish Taseer

In 'A Return to Self', Aatish Taseer revisits the places that formed his identity, asking broader questions about the complex forces that make a culture and a nationality.

Indian prisons suffer from a crisis of compassion. Those caged aren’t guilty, just unprotected

In his book, 'In Praise of Coalition Politics', Manoj Kumar Jha interrogates the state of Indian democracy through political and personal essays.

How Kulwant Roy captured India’s transition to freedom

The photojournalist’s legacy was obscured for nearly thirty years between his death and the recovery of his negatives.

How Humayun took away the pink Agra diamond from king Vikramaditya

In 'Babur', Aabhas Maldahiyar challenges the conventional portrayal of Babur, offering a nuanced view of his ambitions and complexities.

Average person sees Ambani’s Antilia with hope. There’s aspiration in vulgarity in India

In 'Why the Poor Don't Kill Us', Manu Joseph shows how hypocritical and exploitative people of privilege are, and how they get away with it.

Economics must listen to human beings—not teach them to think like rational experts

In 'Reimagining India's Economy', Arun Maira suggests that public policy should be guided by poetry, philosophy, and common sense rather than statistics and AI.

KM Panikkar joined Bikaner princely state with a resignation letter in his pocket

In 'A Man for All Seasons', Narayani Basu draws on archival material and first-time interviews with Panikkar's family to present an engaging portrait of the diplomat.

The first googly was a party trick. A British cricketer discovered it with a tennis ball

In ‘Caught Yapping’, Abhishek Mukherjee narrates the history of cricket through 100 quotes.

Nirmala Sitharaman asked for a change that made finance secretary Garg quit the IAS

In ‘No, Minister’, Subhash Chandra Garg pulls the curtain back on how the finance secretary’s office functions and his interactions with politicians across the spectrum.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.