The launch of Charlie’s Boys, a memoir of author Ajay Jain’s days at St Columba’s, gave a glimpse into the ‘larger-than-life’ presence of one of his most famous seniors.
At the launch of Sumant Batra’s Kafila: A Jhangi Family’s Partition Memoir, harmony was a recurring theme. ‘Best way to survive was to embrace a pan-Indian identity,’ said an audience member.
The launch of Tarini Mohan’s memoir Lifequake was a tribute to the author’s resilience, who had slipped into a coma and lost function in her right hand after a road accident.
At the launch of his memoir Viewfinder in Mumbai, actor and filmmaker Amol Palekar spoke about breaking typecasts and ‘doing all the things I wanted on my terms’.
Late IPS officer Vijay Raman’s memoir ‘Did I Really Do All This?’ received an emotional launch with heartfelt tributes from friends, including Najeeb Jung, at Delhi’s IIC.
His book, The Arc of Memory, is much more than his personal life. It also portrays India's fight for Independence, Ambedkar's philosophy, and how we arrived at the dynamic country we see today.
While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.
Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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