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]Three old books, but fine vacation reads
Two of them are biographies, a genre I find most enjoyable. The first is Zareer Masani’s slim but revealing and insightful work on Thomas Macaulay

Updated on Jan 28, 2023 09:17 PM IST
Bharat Jodo Yatra: A journey of our lifetimes
From conceptualisation to execution, the yatra is a remarkable testament to the organisational ability of the Congress

Updated on Jan 28, 2023 10:55 PM IST
How BBC’s ties with India have evolved
It is hard to get the BBC to apologise, but in the current case, India needs to realise that the BBC does not spew out colonialist propaganda. It’s a journalists’ organisation, and millions of Indians choose to listen to and watch it

Updated on Jan 28, 2023 09:16 PM IST
Hockey World Cup: Finalists Germany’s India link
Finalists Germany have benefitted from South African scientific advisor, Robin Arkell, who was in India’s corner when they won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics

Published on Jan 28, 2023 06:19 PM IST
Is efficiency the wrong answer?: Life Hacks by Charles Assisi
There’s a growing movement in support of slack, which frees a person from busy-ness. There’s no ‘time to work’ and ‘time to play’. It’s all time in which to engage with the world.

Updated on Jan 28, 2023 04:53 PM IST
What’s it to you?: How idioms morph around the world
In a new Wknd column, author Adam Jacot de Boinod unwraps mysteries relating to phrases of everyday use, and hunts down quirky parallels from around the world. Look out for Capital Letters every month.

Updated on Jan 28, 2023 04:55 PM IST
Leavened bread: Raw agents that rise and shine
What makes the appam soak up mutton curry and the naan cling to the flavour of the saag? It’s the air bubbles created by a leavening agent, and a hearty dose of gluten. Explore the physics of fluffiness, in this week’s Sound Bites with Swetha Sivakumar.

Updated on Jan 28, 2023 04:37 PM IST
It’s not you, it’s not them: The benefits of having friends across the aisle
The path to any change begins with a disagreement. No one has all the answers. In our troubled times of anger and distrust, here’s why you should work to preserve friendships with those you don’t always agree with.

Published on Jan 28, 2023 04:32 PM IST
The shape shifter: A Wknd interview with Rajshri Deshpande of Trial by Fire
In a stunning turn, the actor immerses herself in the true story of a woman who lost both her children to the Uphaar cinema blaze in 1997. Deshpande gained weight, changed her gait, stepped into Neelam Krishnamoorthy’s darkened world. She previously made waves as a gangster’s wife in Sacred Games, as Ismat Chughtai in Manto. ‘I like to start, each time, from zero,’ she says.

Updated on Jan 28, 2023 04:24 PM IST
The academies shaping India's footballing future
If India wants to get better at the world's most popular game, then AIFF can't do all the heavy lifting. That is where academies come into the picture.

Published on Jan 27, 2023 09:29 PM IST
In a Dutch home, a battle for bragging rights
Striker Thijs van Dam's girlfriend Pien Sanders has won everything there is to win and that is inspiring him to step up as well

Updated on Jan 28, 2023 12:46 PM IST
How the budget can spur India’s energy transition
There is no silver bullet to drive the green switch over. But India can take a few critical steps in the financial and economic sectors, such as priority lending to the renewable energy sector and increasing the nation’s share of nuclear power, to facilitate the net-zero target

Published on Jan 27, 2023 08:24 PM IST
Every season gets the blues: A denim timeline
It’s been 150 years since the first blue jeans rolled out of a Levi’s factory. Then came the experiments, and errors — glitter and bling, balloony waists, skinny bottoms. Take a look.

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 08:34 PM IST
Journey to the twilight zone: Hear from a scientist who descended to 1,000 m
Sendhil Kumar spent 10 days aboard the research vessel Odyssey, and dove in a glass-bubble submersible to spend a few hours in the twilight zone.

Updated on Jan 28, 2023 06:41 PM IST
Ease pressure on students
Longstanding issues with education have pushed many young people to the brink. As the PM’s event highlights, this must be fixed

Published on Jan 27, 2023 08:24 PM IST
Sort out granular issues to bolster India-US ties
For several decades, experts have been talking about the US-India relationship deepening without having much concrete evidence to show this to be the case. However, that tide seems to finally be turning

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 08:38 PM IST
Report: Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2023
The 14th edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival was packed with sessions on mental health, Partition narratives, queer literature, murder mysteries, translation, graphic novels, food, dance, bookselling, Dalit writing, poetry and historical fiction

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 05:53 PM IST
First Principles | Bloodbath in Silicon Valley and its trickle-down effect
It appears that tech has hit the reset button, with layoffs in several large IT companies. What does this mean?

Published on Jan 27, 2023 05:45 PM IST
Rinse, repeat: See how shampoo is helping decode activity on the Sun
A recent study examined how shampoo moves on a vibrating speaker, and came away with a better understanding of how plasma jets form and drive space weather and solar winds.

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 01:21 PM IST
Read an excerpt from Arun Maira’s book, Listening for Well-being
The management consultant and former member of the Planning Commission of India draws from his life experience to emphasise the power of deep listening. This excerpt looks at the types of listening one can encounter while engaging with those who have different views.

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 01:13 PM IST
Tughlaqabad Fort: Eviction notice sent to 1,000 families
The Supreme Court in February 2016 declared the entire Tughlaqabad Fort as protected, and directed ASI to not allow any land-grabbing or encroachment there. However, residents claim that the ASI notice was put up only recently

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 11:13 AM IST
Deforestation, poorly planned infra work affecting Himalayas, says Petley
Petley said that while heavy rain and tectonic activity may trigger such events, human activity can also trigger instability

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 11:15 AM IST
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Jayashree NandiICHR plans to hold exhibitions on country’s ‘unexplored dynasties’
ICHR will unveil the exhibition, “Glory of medieval India: Manifestation of the explored Indian dynasties” on January 30 at Sahitya Akademi in Delhi.

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 11:09 AM IST
Bivalent vaccines more effective against Covid than monovalent ones: Study
Bivalent Covid-19 vaccines provide significantly better protection than their monovalent counterparts against severe disease and death from infections caused by Omicron sub-variants, data from two recent reports published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) show

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 11:14 AM IST
Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Jason Gillespie interview: An ideal opportunity for Australia to win
The former Aussie pacer talks about what the Australians did right in 2004, the importance of Australia skipper Pat Cummins and why reverse swing could be a big factor

Published on Jan 26, 2023 10:56 PM IST
Vivek Krishnan, New Delhi
What's ailing Saurabh Chaudhary?
The youngster, once hailed as India's brightest star, has failed to make India's Cairo and Bhopal World Cup-bound squads.

Published on Jan 26, 2023 08:07 PM IST
Shantanu Srivastava, New Delhi
Two key thrusts in R-Day parade
Push for defence indigenisation and women leaders in forces is a signal for the future.

Published on Jan 26, 2023 07:58 PM IST
Reverse the damage done to the Aravallis
When the world is scrambling to save its blue-green infrastructure to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis, this lackadaisical approach towards the Aravallis is not just unexplainable but also misguided.

Published on Jan 26, 2023 07:58 PM IST
A new war of narratives in India’s political arena
Narendra Modi is seen as an astute world figure and mass leader. Rahul Gandhi is projecting himself as an ascetic on a mission. This contrast may inject a new dimension in politics.

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 12:52 AM IST
A watershed moment for Indian documentaries
All That Breathes and The Elephant Whisperers are unlike most animal documentaries. Instead of serving as a warning about the extinction of creatures or the human threat to their ecosystems, the film is a portrait of coexistence and interspecies bonds.

Updated on Jan 27, 2023 07:11 AM IST