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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicKhushwant Singh

Topic: Khushwant Singh

What’s inside Khushwant Singh’s ‘Women, Sex…’ book that has railway official outraged

The collection of essays was published in 2011 but a Railway official objected to it yesterday after seeing it on a platform in Bhopal.

Phantom comics to political exposés: How Illustrated Weekly became a must-read

Under editors like Khushwant Singh, M.V. Kamath and Pritish Nandy, the magazine captured the imagination of urban erudite readers.

Khushwant Singh, the man who amused everyone, but spared none

On his death anniversary, ThePrint remembers him for leaving an indelible mark on people with his razor-sharp wit and risqué humour.

Why is Karan Thapar complaining? His dynasty holds a key to Lutyens’ Delhi

The Thapar clan has been among the elites of Punjab and then New Delhi, with familial connections to the Nehru-Gandhis and Khushwant Singh, among others.

On Camera

Let there be no doubt that scientist Rohini Godbole left us unwillingly

If Rohini Godbole had a better collaborative environment, no doubt her name would have been in the mix for the JJ Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.