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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: Juggernaut Books

What are ‘gram negative bacteria’? They know multiple different ways to thwart antibiotics

Superbugs are bacteria that are not susceptible to at least a few antibiotics, writes Anirban Mahapatra in 'When The Drugs Don’t Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine'.

Sarojini Naidu was once ‘enviably close’ to Jinnah – Asaf Ali

In 'Circles of Freedom', historian TCA Raghavan focuses on the incredible lives of Asaf Ali and his companions to tell the story of the Indian freedom struggle.

How Ram Guha’s editor helped him capture rise and fall of India’s bilingual intellectuals

The 19th and 20th centuries saw thinkers like Lohia, Savarkar, Gandhi, Mahasweta Devi and Girish Karnad express themselves equally well in two or more languages, writes Ramachandra Guha in 'The Cooking of Books'.

Before meeting Narayana Murthy, Sudha hoped he looked like Rajesh Khanna

In 'An Uncommon Love', Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni tells us the story of Sudha and Narayana Murthy, taking us 'deep inside their minds, hearts and values'.

Arun Nehru opened Ayodhya locks without informing Rajiv Gandhi. Gave him a fait accompli

In 'The Rajiv I Knew' Mani Shankar Aiyar delves into Rajiv Gandhi's accords with insurgents, and the controversies that marked his tenure.

This Hizbul militant was seconds away from being shot — then, an Army major stepped in

In ‘Camouflaged’, Probal DasGupta excavates and presents hidden stories from India’s military past.

Our ‘smart devices’ know more about us than we do. Don’t put blind faith in companies making them

In 'The Third Way: India’s Revolutionary Approach to Data Governance', Rahul Matthan presents an original view of the role technology can play in data governance.

KK Shailaja was in the middle of a women-led Night Walk when crisis hit

In 'My Life As A Comrade', KK Shailaja recounts her childhood, her days as a schoolteacher & her handling of the Covid-19 pandemic as Kerala's health minister.

On Camera

With nuke lunacy, Asim Munir joins Pakistan’s Hall of Generals who swapped brains for bluster

Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.