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Aiyar’s account laboriously argues that on the issues of Shah Bano and Bofors, Rajiv Gandhi was not at fault
May 12, 2024 06:53 IST

The Rajiv I knew, is a partisan but spirited, well-documented account of Rajiv Gandhi's time as the prime minister and subsequently for a brief period also as the opposition leader though it doesn’t answer the question from the subtitle: And why he was the most misunderstood prime minister.

Bhargav begins her author’s note by saying that she has “long harboured the passion to write history that is accessible to the public”
May 11, 2024 14:18 IST

The book challenges the claims that the leader was a "Hindu hero" as well as that his was an "Indian nationalism" with a "communal twist"

TV Santhosh
May 10, 2024 22:39 IST

TV Santhosh’s works, on display in Ernakulam, Kerala, seek to question our understanding of our surroundings and ask who the real enemy is

hunt, hunting, predator
May 9, 2024 19:24 IST

Predators and their victims attach more survival value to working together than to going solo

gulmohar, trees
May 6, 2024 20:52 IST

The Delonix regia, to give it its scientific name, is a native of Madagascar, and even though it is now widely distributed across the tropics and subtropics, it was not known outside of Madagascar till about 200 years ago

Ever since he was adjudged the ‘Player of the Tournament’ at the under-19 World Cup in 2018, Shubman Gill has been earmarked to continue India’s tradition of producing world-class batsmen.
May 24, 2025 22:03 IST

In an exclusive interview with Sriram Veera & Sandeep Dwivedi, days before he was left out of the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup, Shubman Gill shares how he deals with success and failure. From the child prodigy who never failed, he is now a seasoned star at peace with the game’s inglorious uncertainties.

painting, artists
May 5, 2024 16:17 IST

In an exhibition that is on till May 18 at the India International Centre in Delhi, The Raza Foundation has brought together works of over 25 artists to celebrate Gond Qalam in its traditional form and the contemporary interventions that have influenced it over the decades

A still from And, Towards Happy Alleys, the debut directorial of Sreemoyee Singh
May 2, 2024 17:35 IST

The 10-day festival will premiere about 40 feature films, including Jayant Somalkar's Marathi-language film Sthal and Atul Sabharwal’s spy drama, Berlin (2023)

Introducing baby animals to children is one way of making them, bond instantly — but yes, this too has its caveats — and should be done under sensible supervision.
May 1, 2024 18:41 IST

The big takeaway from teaching your children how to behave with empathy and kindness around animals is how they hopefully will behave around people too. And that’s a win-win all the way

baby
April 27, 2024 07:43 IST

The Buddhist philosophy of selective watering suggests that a child has both negative seeds (anger, fear, shame) and wholesome seeds (love, joy, generosity) and what will blossom depends on which seeds we choose to water and nurture

Salman Rushdie
April 27, 2024 22:23 IST

The book is an attempt to recover the strength of Rushdie, the person, occluded by Rushdie, the targeted writer

Vijay Rana
April 28, 2024 15:21 IST

The Vishwanath temple is the focal point of the book and city, with ample pictures of priests, devotees, idols and the banks of the Ganges

campervan
April 30, 2024 05:39 IST

With a mobile 1BHK, kitted out with a kitchen, bathroom and bed, a growing number of Indians are hitting the road with their caravans. Be it an Isuzu truck, or a Maruti Eeco, anything goes in this democratic form of travel

The authors give many concrete examples
April 27, 2024 15:31 IST

Authors former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and economist Rohit Lamba ask one central question: How should India’s economy grow? How do we improve quality of growth, health and education standards, and wages?

mohanlal book
April 27, 2024 15:17 IST

Written in crisp journalistic prose, it draws from the author's love for the city

FN Souza
April 21, 2024 19:00 IST

In his centenary year, a look at the life and legacy of Francis Newton Souza, one of India’s most influential modern painters who defied social and artistic conventions

FN Souza
April 20, 2024 19:28 IST

In FN Souza's fractured and fragmented images, we confront our dark selves

shobhaa de
April 20, 2024 19:27 IST

It is her ability to be disruptive without being destructive, to deliver without fuss, to come out victorious without a fight, that is trademark Shobhaa De

The golden palash obtains a mutation that makes the red recessive and brings forth gold yellow flowers
April 19, 2024 13:44 IST

The Yamuna Biodiversity Park shows the way forward – through the meticulous planning of horticulturists, tackling issues of soil salinity and contending with the invasive Vilayati Keekar

gobardhan ash
April 14, 2024 07:12 IST

From works depicting the horrors of the Bengal famine to capturing the sights and sounds of the streets of Kolkata, a retrospective of Gobardhan Ash celebrates the artist who drew what he saw

food, indian food
April 13, 2024 23:02 IST

As the country celebrates regional new years, a look at how the kinship of food ties communities and languages, one ingredient at a time

books
April 13, 2024 22:45 IST

Here's the latest Indian fiction and non-fiction you must read, from mysteries to thrillers to memoirs

Former RBI head Duvvuri Subbarao’
April 13, 2024 09:37 IST

How does one make choices? What are the considerations? How do we achieve our aspirations beyond serendipity and merit? Should one use networks, contacts, or just leave it to god? In the case of Subbarao, the choices were real – between family and career, between vertical growth and horizontal diversity of experience; the price he had to pay

Ramachandra Guha
April 12, 2024 22:25 IST

The books is a personal history of his long association – mostly, literary, but also collegian – with editor-publisher, Rukun Advani

Dentation better suited to a sabre-toothed tiger
April 10, 2024 11:20 IST

The problem is that macaques have pretty short and extremely incendiary fuses: if you don’t give them what they want, you’re asking for trouble

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