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Gurcharan Das wins the Lifetime Libertarian Award. ‘His ideas shaped India’s growth story’

Gurcharan Das, the author of several books and essays, would be the first Indian to receive the prestigious global honour awarded by US-based non-profit Liberty International.

A New York publisher is making an AI Bhagavad Gita—with Gurcharan Das as storyteller

The Gita is no longer a static book; it’s being rendered alive. The next move for the publishing company is going to be 'an interactive Bible'.

There’s good & bad nationalism. One cherishes power, the other the nation

In ‘The Dilemma of an Indian Liberal’, Gurcharan Das recounts his own personal and intellectual journey to elucidate the struggles of being liberal in India.

‘You can be a respectable Hindu and still an atheist,’ says author Gurcharan Das

Das talks about why he believes Indians never fully embraced the idea of constitutional morality and whether there is space for atheism under the umbrella of Hinduism.

When Licence Raj went after Vicks Vaporub in India’s peak flu season

In 'Another Sort of Freedom', Gurcharan Das says that one must squarely blame Indira Gandhi for not changing course when Japan, Korea and Taiwan had already shown the way.

Markets, memoir, moksha — Gurcharan Das traces India Story from Licence Raj to liberal ’90s

The freewheeling conversation between Das and William Dalrymple moved from Partition, Manmohan Singh, Mahabharata, and Margaret Thatcher to AI seamlessly.

Off The Cuff with Jaithirth Rao & Gurcharan Das

In this edition of #ThePrintOTC, entrepreneur and writer Jaithirth Rao speaks to Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and commentator Gurcharan Das about Rao's new book, 'Economist...

Sanjaya Baru on ‘precarious’ foreign relations, Gurcharan Das says don’t worry, be happy

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Gurcharan Das’ search for a conservative Indian & Ashok Malik on ‘Jal’ power

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Is sex more important than friendship in marriage?

Public intellectual Gurcharan Das writes about how dwindling desire in marriage can give way to another kind of love. 

On Camera

Iraq’s long road to FIFA World Cup qualification is a story of survival, defiance

Historically, football has been used as a lens through which political anger, identity, and resistance come into focus. From Mohun Bagan to Didier Drogba’s Ivory Coast, this claim can be easily cemented.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.