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Former Army Chief Gen Naravane’s new book launched, check what it is about and what he said after the launchFormer Army Chief General MM Naravane has released a new book, 'The Curious and the Classified'. The book explores military myths and myste...
100 years of Gandhi’s classic: How Malayalam and Tamil readers are driving the popularity of Baapu's autobiographyMahatma Gandhi's autobiography, "The Story of My Experiments with Truth," enters its centennial year, with South Indian readers leading its...
Last laugh in Jammu & Kashmir for BJP?Omar Abdullah will be the next Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir after winning both contested seats, overcoming BJP's strategy. The new g...
Amarinder Singh: The man who put Congress back on saddle in PunjabThe 79-year-old widely respected and popular leader steered the Congress in 2017 to a landslide victory in the 117-member assembly to occup...
Kabir Bedi says Hollywood devastated him, but Italy and India resurrected himIn his book, Bedi also talks about his friendship with Rajiv & Sanjay Gandhi.
Modi trump card behind swachh mission, says former secretary Parameswaran IyerIyer, a former IAS officer, was brought in from the World Bank to handle SBM in 2016 by the Modi government and he returned to Washington e...
Narendra Modi 'earned and achieved' prime ministership: Pranab Mukherjee in memoirPranab Mukherjee said in his memoir that Narendra Modi became Prime Minister "through popular choice" unlike Manmohan Singh "who was offere...
Tarun Gogoi: Congress stalwart who led Assam from the frontOn assuming the reins of Assam for the first time in 2001, the Congress leader had said he was confident of holding office for five years b...
An unwanted shipment: The Indian experience of the 1918 Spanish fluWhile some realities have only marginally changed over the last century, the nature of the administration has drastically transformed from ...
From 'Becoming' by Michelle Obama to Shashi Tharoor's 'Why I am a Hindu', books that gave meaning to 2018Non-fiction books emerged as the most popular literary category in 2018.
My priority is to save the constitution: Kanhaiya KumarNationalism, he begins, in a tone soft yet combative, is not about imposing my mother tongue on you if it is not yours. It is about being t...
Man who 'saved' Gandhi, in 1944, Bhiku Daji Bhilare, passes away at 98According to records kept by Gandhi's great-grandson Tushar Gandhi, Godse was overpowered by Bhilare and Manishankar Purohit, proprietor of...
Veteran journalist Vinod Mehta passes away at 73The founder-Editor of 'Outlook' magazine breathed his last at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he was admitted.
- Granta comes out with special India issue
UK's popular magazine Granta has come out with a special issue on India featuring writings of the likes of Upamanyu Chatterjee, Amit Chaudh...
Why India has few critically insightful biographies and autobiographiesA widely regarded perception is that Indian readers, much like Hindi cinema viewers, prefer fables and parables to complicated tales or nua...
Picking CJI on seniority protects judiciary from executive interference: SC advocateSupreme court advocate counters Justice Katju's argument on appointment CJI;says seniority protects judiciary from executive interference.
Sanjaya Baru's book 'The Accidental Prime Minister’ meant for a culture of politics as reality TVBaru has loftily dismissed the allegations, claiming the publisher determined the launch timing, and refusing to countenance any idea of be...
Atal Bihari Vajpayee never allowed dignity of PMO to be underminedThere used to be strict confidentiality and discipline with clarity about work distribution. He adhered to the concept of collective respon...
Poke me: Sonia could be a more worthy rival for Narendra Modi in battle at hustingsIn the last decade, Gandhi’s stature and popularity have grown. She has been the moving force behind the UPA’s entitlements based approach.
Narendra Modi's campaigns play on fears of the Muslim minority: Martha NussbaumI wish a person with a record of competence such as Nitish Kumar would get a chance to lead India.