Walking inside the mind of human bombs
Anirudhya Mitra has explained details of his investigation into Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination by the LTTE in 90 Days, The True...
The curious case of two missing gold coins
One of the coins weighed 14.5 kg and the other a little over 1 kg. The sheer historical value of...
A great solution to child sexual abuse
Rituparna Chatterjee, author of The Water Phoenix, tosses some horrific numbers. She says over one billion children aged between two...
The curious case of Hasan Ali: Needed, witnesses for prosecution
New Delhi: The first witness in the Hasan Ali case, now almost 15 years old, is likely to be produced...
Should Sri Sri to go to Colombo again?
The Tiger’s Pause is the fascinating tale of a spiritual and wellness guru’s efforts to end one of Asia’s bloodiest...
India’s big wheat export conundrum
NEW DELHI: There’s a big debate in the cor- ridors of power in the national capital and it revolves around one...
The Line of Mercy has a message: Listen to the underdog
The author explores the society within the prison, and outside it and argues why prisons guarantee nothing, no reforms, and...
Breaking barriers with non breakable helmets
With her new venture Tiivra, Alpana Parida intends to challenge the conventional wisdom that gut instincts drive the best marketing...
India enduring coal shortages, power cuts and cancelled trains
NEW DELHI: Bizarre it may sound, the Indian Railways are asking travellers to get off passenger trains because the tracks...
Again remembering the thinking actor
Suman Ghosh directed Soumitra Chatterjee in five movies, two picked up national awards, and would routinely visit the star for...
A brutal read on British imperialism, exploitation and coercion
M.J. Akbar meticulously explains in the book how British racism was of the worst kind, as seen during the Britishers’...
Alrosa roughs are not ‘conflict diamonds’, says India
NGOs supporting a ban on Russian exports to India are silent about the consequent shift of the industry to China....
You hear about bureaucrats only when things go wrong
There is a new breed of officers who are using social media to communicate with the world at large. ...
Another whistleblower, but no action from NSE
New Delhi: Close on the heels of news that the former head of India’s largest stock exchange shared confidential information...
Book puts India’s biggest nationalist firmly on the pedestal
The book highlights the difference Bose had with Mahatma Gandhi over several issues, the most important being how to oust...
Bangladesh 1971: A complex portrait of a slaughter
Edited by Rakshanda Jalil, a literary historian and Debjani Sengupta, a lecturer of English literature in Indraprastha College in Delhi...
Dhaka turns heat on Grameen Bank, Nobel Laureate under watch
Dhaka, Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Bank has sought details of bank statements of Nobel Laureate and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus....
Inside prison, inside the mind of Mujibur Rahman: A must read book for Indians
‘Prison Diaries’ could have been recommended as mandatory for school and college libraries in India, because of New Delhi’s involvement...
FDI growth in Gujarat 60 times that of rest of India: CM Patel
New Delhi: The Gujarat Summit 2022, which did not see the light of day due to the renewed spread of...
Jet Airways may find a saviour in external funds
‘It is very surprising to see shares of a defunct airline hover around the Rs 100 mark. This is actually...
A deep dive research into Vajpayee’s life
The book, in chapter after chapter, explains Vajpayee’s gift for ambiguity. Sagarika Ghose describes Atal Bihari Vajpayee as India’s most...
Ganguly-Kohli spat roils the world of cricket
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the world’s richest, is at risk of no longer...
Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh face off over a coal reserve
The coal blocks are located in Chhattisgarh. The coal is meant for power plants in Rajasthan and other states. ...
Time stops inside Kolkata’s antique store
Kolkata: Members of the erstwhile zamindar families in and around Kolkata are visiting the city’s antique stores to sell memorabilia...
