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Persis Khambatta, Indian model-actor who shaved her head for Star Trek, almost became Bond girl

Sakshi Mehra -
Persis Khambatta rose to international fame in 1979 after playing Ilia in Star Trek, for which she shaved her head. Actor Kabir Bedi remembers her as 'a kind, sensitive person.'

Markram, Proteas’ new hero who broke the jinx & brought home glory after decades of heartbreak

Triya Gulati -
Markram, Proteas’ new hero who broke the jinx & brought home glory after decades of heartbreak

British said Mangal Pandey revolted in a ‘drugged haze’. But he struck a new fear in them

Akansha Sengupta -
Pandey’s place in history has triggered a long debate for decades. Even today, there's no precise knowledge about the man behind the legend.

Ram Prasad Bismil was a revolutionary with a poet’s heart. He’s an icon of Hindu-Muslim unity

Nidhima Taneja -
Anti-CAA protests saw verses of Ram Prasad Bismil's poetry being read. In his 30-year-long life, he left a legacy that united all Indian patriots.

‘Some dreams, some magic’: What set Buddhadeb Dasgupta apart from Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen

Tina Das -
Economics professor turned filmmaker was more than a storyteller. He was a part of the parallel cinema in India.

Behramji Malabari—Parsi activist who fought widowhood, child marriage in Hindu society

Tenzin Zompa -
Shedding scrutiny on his 'anglicised' Parsi roots, Malabari emerged as the force behind the Age of Consent Bill that helped end ‘matrimonial slavery’.

In Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Gandhi saw the joy of Ganga. For Jinnah, he was an ‘inspiration’

Revathi Krishnan -
Gandhi described his interaction with Gokhale as ‘embracing the Ganges,’ while Jinnah wanted only to emulate him and become a ‘Muslim Gokhale.’

Maya Rao — the woman whose ‘unkept promise’ brought Kathak to south India

Suchet Vir Singh -
Maya Rao's mastery of Kathak under Shambhu Maharaj was such that she performed with him — a rare feat of the ‘guru’ performing with the ‘shishya’.

Meet Chuni Kotal, the Dalit Advasi woman from Bengal who battled stigma in Indian education

Nidhima Taneja -
Kotal was the first woman from the Lodha Savaras tribe to graduate and became an idol for the new generation of Dalit Adivasis and women.

Mah Laqa Bai — Hyderabad Nizam’s highest-ranking adviser who was both a warrior and poet

Rewati Karan -
Mah Laqa Bai was a progressive woman in a male-dominated court who accompanied Nizam II in three wars. She was his secret weapon.
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Prada learnt its lesson. Where are ‘humara culture’ Indians on Ralph Lauren’s jhumka?

Insha Jalil Waziri -
The problem, dear Ralph Lauren, is not your use of the jhumka, but your dismissal of its history. The list of stolen items is too vast to fight, but we haven't given up on acknowledgement.

Nehru and Modi’s dilemmas are similar. Secret documents on 1953 nuclear crisis show

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The silence after Epstein Files is a global feminist defeat

Economy

Floundering PM Internship Scheme used less than 1% of Rs 10,831 crore set aside for it in FY25-26

Udit Bubna -
The Standing Committee on Finance tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) in the Lok Sabha Thursday.

Defence

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

Keshav Padmanabhan -
In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

National Interest

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Shekhar Gupta -
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.

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