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Gurugram has a king of good times. Lakeforest Wines is both liquor monopoly & a renaissance

‘It used to be the monopoly of Ponty Chadha,’ Neeraj Sachdeva, Lakeforest founder, said. After running a wine business in California, Sachdeva now rules Gurugram.

Nobody knows what Narendra Modi is thinking. Surely, he must sense the tide is turning

As the discontentment mounts, the crucial question remains: what is the PM thinking? He is a shrewd politician so he must have a long-term strategy. But no one can figure out what it is.

Medieval Indian rulers prided themselves on trafficking women. Even queens weren’t safe

Even as Indian women were sold off, Central Asian, Turkic, and Caucasian women were purchased. Many medieval kings had foreign ladies in their palaces as palanquin-bearers and bodyguards.

3 mighty Lals shaped Haryana politics for decades. How BJP has co-opted their descendants

Former CM and Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar essayed a key role in BJP’s alignment with descendants of Lals & is often referred to as the fourth Lal in Haryana politics.

US, China start new nuclear arms race. India must reassess its arsenal

India has no submarine-launch missile that can credibly threaten China even from the Bay of Bengal, let alone further south in the Indian Ocean.

Books are Manipur’s new battlefield. Kukis & Meiteis fighting for their truths

The story of the Manipur conflict is being captured in a sudden flood of new literature. At least eight books have been released between July 2023 and June 2024.

Telegram CEO arrest set the stage for a law vs tech battle. It will shape norms worldwide

Across the world, though, organised crime cartels are continuing to use free, easily available tech tools, and the patience of some governments is starting to run out.

Malayalam cinema is a Boys’ Club. Its progressive tag coming apart with Hema Committee report

The inequality within the Malayalam film industry is pervasive. It extends to junior artists and crew. Men and women who don’t have the clout to fight back.

Students assess faculty, a startup is born every 3rd day. At IIT-Madras, revolution’s no dinner party

In 2023, the number of patents granted rose to 300 from 156 in 2022. More than 370 startups have emerged from its incubation cell since 2013, with market valuation of Rs 47,000 cr.

Modi government’s U-turns expose a well-known secret—BJP is facing a crisis of conviction

Article 370, Ram Mandir and UCC formed the core of the BJP’s politics. Now that these issues are no longer electorally productive, the BJP is struggling.

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

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?