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Chidambaram Subramaniam—the force behind India’s green revolution who never took credit for it

Karthika Hariharan - 30 January, 2023

Pandit Jasraj—modern-era Tansen who even hypnotised deer with his music

Michael Madhusudan Dutt—the playwright, poet who brought a renaissance in Bengali literature

Abdul Ghaffar Khan was no Gandhi—he was the powerhouse Pathan who mobilised Indian Muslims

Osho Rajneesh, Indian mystic who promised utopia and ended up with bioterrorism in US

Gaurvi Narang - 19 January, 2023

Osho's 'neo-sanyasis' are spread across the world. He built his own city in Oregon in US with an airport, owned 93 Rolls-Royces, and propounded radical philosophies.

Jhoome Jo Pathaan with an Indonesian twist. YouTuber Vina Fan now has SRK in her DM

Tina Das - 19 January, 2023

Shah Rukh Khan is Vina Fan's favourite. She has also recreated songs featuring Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Varun Dhawan and Shahid Kapoor.

Mahasweta Devi–the crusader, activist, writer who fought for the oppressed

Debdutta Chakraborty - 14 January, 2023

For Mahasweta Devi, genuine history is formed by the common people.

Fearless Nadia, Hunterwali who thrilled Indian audiences with death-defying stunts

Rewati Karan - 9 January, 2023

Nadia became famous with a scene that showed her taming lions. But she was a feminist icon too who shed patriarchal tropes popular in Indian cinema during the ’40s.

Ishar Singh–first Sikh soldier to receive Victoria Cross for heroics in Waziristan

Suchet Vir Singh - 30 December, 2022

The soldier took a bullet to his chest while fighting Mahsud Tribes at Haidar Kach in 1921, but took the rifle of another soldier and launched a counter-attack.

Remembering Shaheed Udham Singh, the revolutionary who avenged Jallianwala Bagh

Avishek Jha - 26 December, 2022

Udham Singh was hanged on 31 July 1940 for killing former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab, Michael O’Dwyer, in March of that year.

Baba Amte — who broke social norms to knit an inclusive India

Taran Deol - 26 December, 2022

Baba Amte, born on 26 December 1914 as Murlidhar Devidas Amte, believed 'where there is fear, there is no love, and where there is no love, there is no God'.

Shankar, the political cartoonist to whom Nehru said ‘Don’t spare me!’

Rachel John - 26 December, 2022

On Keshav Shankar Pillai's death anniversary, a look at the life of the fearless illustrator who is considered the father of political cartooning in India.

First female Telugu movie superstar P. Bhanumathi made others cry

Dishha Bagchi - 24 December, 2022

One of Bhanumathi's most well-known roles was in the 1951 musical hit Telugu classic, Malliswari, opposite NTR, who later become Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Stanford’s Jay Bhattacharya is Fox regular, anti-lockdown. Twitter is his new foe

Sandhya Ramesh - 20 December, 2022

Jay Bhattacharya continues to advocate for herd immunity on Covid, despite his much-touted Swedish model resulting in an unnatural number of deaths.

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Rahul Gandhi in Srinagar, where the Bharat Jodo Yatra has culminated | Rahul Gandhi/Twitter

Bharat Jodo Yatra has worked more for Rahul Gandhi. Congress’ walk...

Sheela Bhatt - 31 January, 2023

In such a buzz-creating yatra, not one new Congress leader was born. Pramod Mahajan, M. Venkaiah Naidu, Modi emerged from Advani's and Manohar Joshi’s yatras.

No one knows R&AW agents better than Pakistanis—from Pathaan to Mission...

31 January, 2023

Think twice before tax fraud, the authorities are on to you...

31 January, 2023

Economy

File photo of trade unions protesting the Modi government's labor codes in Bhubaneswar | ANI

Economic Survey says govt’s labour codes ‘in tune with market trends’....

Moushumi Das Gupta - 31 January, 2023

Four labour codes, amalgamating 29 laws, were passed in 2019 & 2020. But central, state govts have yet to notify the laws that will cater to around 40 crore unorganised sector workers.

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Chidambaram Subramaniam—the force behind India’s green revolution who never took credit for it

Pandit Jasraj—modern-era Tansen who even hypnotised deer with his music

Michael Madhusudan Dutt—the playwright, poet who brought a renaissance in Bengali literature

Abdul Ghaffar Khan was no Gandhi—he was the powerhouse Pathan who mobilised Indian Muslims

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YourTurn

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Opinion

Bharat Jodo Yatra has worked more for Rahul Gandhi. Congress’ walk...

No one knows R&AW agents better than Pakistanis—from Pathaan to Mission...

Think twice before tax fraud, the authorities are on to you...

Economy

Economic Survey says govt’s labour codes ‘in tune with market trends’....

Defence

Budget 2023: Defence eyes big boost for more firepower, submarines, drones

National Interest

Return of the Muslim: From Modi ‘sermon’ to Pathaan to Bharat...

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