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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: Biographies

Rahul Gandhi biographies promise a lot but leave more questions than answers. Just like him

Every few months, journalists and political observers cheer the emergence of a 'new improved Rahul Gandhi', only to discover that he has gone back into his shell.

Manu Patolia built his $250 million empire with just 75 cents. Taravada Gurukul to New York

'From Village to the world' chronicles Manu Patolia's life journey from his humble background to the position of one of the industry leaders.

Savarkar broke monopoly of Nehru-Gandhi history books. Now there’s new appetite, wishlist

Hemchandra Vikramaditya, Maharana Pratap and Khudiram Bose are some of the new biographies in English and Hindi that reflect the changed political mood in India.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.