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    Book Review l Life of the mind, Ajita and AjivikasBooks
    Book Review l Life of the mind, Ajita and Ajivikas

    It is a skillful reconstruction of the lost legacy of the fifth century atheist thinker, Ajita.

    23 March 2025 9:17 AM IST

    Sucheta Dasgupta | India’s unsung green heroesBooks
    Sucheta Dasgupta | India’s unsung green heroes

    Take economist-turned-sociologist Radhakamal Mukerjee, b. 1881), for instance. In 1922, he formally advocated the...

    8 March 2025 7:53 PM IST

    India a Begumpura of reason & compassion: Githa HariharanBooks
    India a Begumpura of reason & compassion: Githa Hariharan

    Writer and editor Githa Hariharan, who successfully challenged the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act in...

    14 Dec 2024 12:28 PM IST

    Book Review | Orbital odyssey dull and underwhelming!Books
    Book Review | Orbital odyssey dull and underwhelming!

    At 136 pages, this slender, stylish climate fiction doubles as a meditation on the earth, universe, life and beauty

    16 Nov 2024 12:38 PM IST

    Book Review | India’s Schindler and his rescue listBooks
    Book Review | India’s Schindler and his rescue list

    According to legend, an officer in Austria’s royal Habsburg army was the first to add sugar and milk to...

    9 Nov 2024 1:06 PM IST

    Theyyam, Indian shamanic shuffle that can unravel anthropological mysteriesBooks
    Theyyam, Indian shamanic shuffle that can unravel anthropological...

    It can be safely said that Theyyam is an ancient artform

    2 Nov 2024 5:38 PM IST

    Interview | Invest in museums, Nalanda: William DalyrmpleBooks
    Interview | Invest in museums, Nalanda: William Dalyrmple

    Rather than chest-thumping, Indians should invest more in the study of history. This is the advice of Scottish...

    17 Oct 2024 9:25 PM IST

    Book Review | How multinational was port of Kochi!Books
    Book Review | How multinational was port of Kochi!

    Journalist M.K. Das has authored this unique volume of essays tracking the evolution of Kerala's financial...

    5 Oct 2024 12:18 PM IST

    Book Review | Golden Road trumps Silk RouteBooks
    Book Review | Golden Road trumps Silk Route

    Dalrymple argues that India was a key intermediary in the exchanges between Rome and China

    21 Sept 2024 12:28 PM IST

    Book Review | The 15 women who drafted the Indian ConstitutionBooks
    Book Review | The 15 women who drafted the Indian Constitution

    In 1946, 15 remarkable women became part of the Constituent Assembly of 299 to adequately represent the...

    17 Aug 2024 12:14 PM IST

    Book Review | Gardens are a way of life in DelhiBooks
    Book Review | Gardens are a way of life in Delhi

    Originally a ‘semi-desert’, the history of Delhi can be traced through its gardens. The very first trees planted...

    3 Aug 2024 11:25 AM IST

    Book Review | So many windows to minds of great Indian poets, seersBooks
    Book Review | So many windows to minds of great Indian poets, seers

    Welcome to language scholar and sitarist Srinivas Reddy’s distillation of the multifarious texts that together...

    27 July 2024 1:31 PM IST

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