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Jaspal Bhatti would be an ‘anti-national’ today — satirist who always punched up, not down

Tina Das - October 25, 2025

Manna Dey rewired the nuts and bolts of classical music by infusing it with Bollywood flavour

Salahuddin Owaisi carved space for Muslims in Indian politics. Hyderabad was his arena

Hanif Kureshi—the artist who converted Delhi’s Lodhi Colony into the first art district in India

Remembering Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, a Congress pillar who had his share of controversies

Anagha Deshpande - January 3, 2019

On his 91st birth anniversary, ThePrint takes a look at the Odisha veteran's achievements and controversies.

Remembering Kim Philby, the Ambala-born notorious British spy & serial philanderer

Manisha Mondal - January 1, 2019

The machinations of Kim Philby, the British spy on Russia’s payrolls, reportedly led to the death of several agents.

Birthday tribute to Satyendra Nath Bose, the physicist after whom Higgs boson particle is named

Achyut Mishra - January 1, 2019

On his 125th birth anniversary, ThePrint celebrates one of India’s greatest physicists.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, a petroleum luminary who fired up India’s science & tech pursuit

Sandhya Ramesh - January 1, 2019

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, who died on 1 January 1955, was raised by his maternal grandfather, an engineer.

Remembering WC Bonnerjee, the first president of Indian National Congress

Manisha Mondal - December 29, 2018

An advocate of the Swadeshi movement, Bonnerjee remains one of the youngest presidents of the Congress.

Mirza Ghalib—the poet who took Urdu to the zenith of glory

Ifrah Mufti - December 27, 2018

Mirza Ghalib, a courtier of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, is today remembered as the brightest beacon of Urdu literature.

The ‘greatest envoy’ of Hindu-Muslim unity who later ensured a separate Muslim nation

Ratnadeep Choudhary - December 25, 2018

ThePrint remembers Pakistan’s founder and ‘Quaid-e-Azam’ (father of the nation) Muhammad Ali Jinnah on his 142nd birth anniversary.

Remembering Madan Mohan Malaviya, the moderate Hindu ‘Mahamana’ who founded BHU

Deeksha Bhardwaj - December 25, 2018

On his 157th birth anniversary, ThePrint takes a look at the life of Madan Mohan Malaviya, one of BJP’s chosen Congress leaders.

Giani Zail Singh, the Indira Gandhi loyalist who remains India’s only Sikh president

Aastha Singh - December 25, 2018

On his 24th death anniversary, ThePrint looks back on the life of Giani Zail Singh, from freedom fighter to President of India.

Periyar, the ‘South Indian Socrates’ who smashed Brahminical patriarchy

Aananth Daksnamurthy - December 24, 2018

On his 45th death anniversary, a look at legacy of Dravidian patriarch Periyar who worked against caste discrimination & superstition.

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Jaspal Bhatti would be an ‘anti-national’ today — satirist who always punched up, not down

Manna Dey rewired the nuts and bolts of classical music by infusing it with Bollywood flavour

Salahuddin Owaisi carved space for Muslims in Indian politics. Hyderabad was his arena

Hanif Kureshi—the artist who converted Delhi’s Lodhi Colony into the first art district in India

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