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Thursday, May 9, 2024
TopicJuggernaut Books

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

CEA Nageswaran says India’s FY24 growth could hit 8%, but World Bank warns this is ‘above potential’

Speaking at an event, World Bank country director Auguste Tano Kouamé said growth above potential would result in high inflation.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.