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New book portrays how India’s political trajectory poses threat to its democratic fabric

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘2024: India in Free Fall' by Sanjay Jha will be released on 7 March on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

‘Tirunelveli riots’ was a high point of the Swadeshi movement. A shipping rivalry caused it

In ‘Swadeshi Steam’, AR Venkatachalapathy traces the journey of India’s first indigenous shipping company Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company and its founder VO Chidambaram Pillai.

New book explores the intersection of food and politics

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘Sacred Cow and Chicken Manchurian' by James Staples will be released on 29 February on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

New book uncovers the struggles of a small-town lawyer who challenged British Maritime Empire

Published by Penguin India, ‘Swadeshi Steam’ by A.R. Venkatachalapathy will be released on 27 February on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books

New book brings India’s foremost female diplomat to life

Published by Penguin India, ‘Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit' by Manu Bhagavan will be released on 28 February on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

New book portrays history of innumerable plague pandemics

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘The Moral Contagion' by Julia Hauser will be released on 23rd February on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

New book explores Asian identity, provides history of the 20th century from an Asian perspective

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘Asia after Europe' by Prof. Sugata Bose will be released on 5 February on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

India now has a death care industry. Organising funerals to feasts, everything is costly

In 'The Final Farewell: Understanding the Last Rites and Rituals of India's Major Faiths', Minakshi Dewan explores the many ways in which some of the country's major faiths treat the dead.

Unveiling ULFA: Rajeev Bhattacharyya’s new book uncovers history of the outlawed separatist outfit

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘ULFA: The Mirage of Dawn' by Rajeev Bhattacharyya will be released on 23 December on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

New book explores cultural perspectives on death rites across India’s major faiths

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘The Final Farewell' by Minakshi Dewan will be released on 21 December on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

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.