Daily Brief | Ramachandra Guha: A tribute to two unsung heroes who remind us that India wasn’t built in a day, and more

  • 18 Jun, 2023

Ramachandra Guha: A tribute to two unsung heroes who remind us that India wasn’t built in a day

To hear the BJP’s claims, one would think that India was entirely sunk in a morass of economic and technological backwardness before May 2014.

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‘Is Manipur part of India or not?’: Ex-CM urges PM Narendra Modi to speak out on violence

Okram Ibobi Singh, a Congress leader, is part of a ten-party delegation that has been waiting in Delhi for an appointment with Modi since June 12.

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Why Nepal’s PM Prachanda wants to make up with India

Prachanda, aware of the larger geopolitical sensitivities about India involved in Nepal’s foreign policy, realises that both sides cannot have frosty ties.

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‘Vajpayee’: This biography uncovers facts and examines myths with rare nuance and incisiveness

The first volume of the two-volume biography lays out 53 years of former Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s life, from 1924 to 1977.

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‘A Boundless Fear Gripped Me’ brings painful accounts of the marginalised from the Covid-19 lockdown

This is anti-history – a history against the order of the time, a history of the marginalised, a history of pain and protest.

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Silk Road music: A Mumbai pianist’s quest for compositions that echo her in-between self

The works of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji and Reena Esmail are expressions of her Indian roots and Western musicality, writes Chelsea de Souza.

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The advice that turned Sikandar Kher’s career: ‘Get on the train, even if it’s in the last bogie’

How the actor overcame early missteps to shine in ‘Aarya’ ‘Monica, O My Darling’ and ‘Tooth Pari’.

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Nilim Kumar’s poetry collection ‘I’m Your Poet’ strains beyond normative habits of the mind

Nilim Kumar’s poetry boasts of of luxuriant images, vibrant imagination, unfettered versification, and passionate lyricism.

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‘The Story of India’s Cheetahs’: How the cheetah went from being hunter to hunted

Divyabhanusinh’s carefully researched book restores the cheetah to its special place on the historical landscape of India.

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Indonesia Open 2023, semifinals blog: Chirag-Satwik reach first ever Super 1000 final; Prannoy out

Recap of the semifinals featuring Indians in Jakarta.

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