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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.

MP govt asks colleges to buy puranas, upanishads and books by RSS functionaries for students

Govt's higher education dept says cells to teach students Indian knowledge systems will be set up & its list of 88 books will include anti-English texts like 'Swabhasha Lao-Angrezi Hatao'.

Uber wants its passengers to ditch the phone and pick up a book when travelling

The #UberReads service is currently available on only two EV buses that ply between Noida Sector 137 and Udyog Vihar, Gurugram, covering 37 stops.

Valley of Words announces 2024 book awards shortlist for English and Hindi non-fiction

Non-fiction as a category often appears as a window into realities of our world. VoW Book Awards shortlist offers glimpse into contrasting styles of English, Hindi contemporary non-fiction.

Is Bookstagram the new fast fashion? It has turned reading into a performance

Instagram book content creators read at inhumane speeds to keep up with the algorithm. This isn’t a sustainable practice–economically, environmentally or intellectually.

SubscriberWrites: 7 Good Reads from my personal library

The ratings are a combined metric of Readability, comprehensibility, urgency of the issues touched, ground-level research, erudition and perspicacity of the author.

Books on Modi era are the new rage. Publishers race to keep up with the churn in India

The market is flooded with books on every imaginable wrinkle of the Modi era. And they are not just written by journalists & scholars. A new breed of writers is emerging – CEOs, tech gurus, RSS followers and self-published experts.

70 yrs of Bahrisons: How a maths student came to India after Partition & opened iconic Delhi bookstore

Nestled in heart of Khan Market, Bahrisons, founded by Balraj Bahri in 1953, is a landmark with loyal clientele, says proprietor Anuj Bahri. It now has branches in Chandigarh, Kolkata.

You thought Indian UPI app BHIM is a homage to Mahabharata’s Bheem? It’s actually Ambedkar

In 'India's Techade', Nalin Mehta talks about Ambedkar’s deep economic influence today.

Milan Kundera’s work explored oppression, inhumanity – and the absurdity of being human

For Kundera, the novel was a technological object that allowed new ways of seeing, and of making meaning.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.