INDIA
OPINION | Why self-reliance in UAVs is a strategic imperative for India
Drones represent a defining dual-use technology of this era, which presents a compelling reason for India to keep its supply chain under sovereign oversight. A military veteran and industry stakeholder lays out a blueprint to achieve this goal
ENTERTAINMENT
Shaji Karun: An architect of stillness
He was arguably India’s best cinematographer after Subrata Mitra, who managed the camera for Satyajit Ray. Shaji’s camera was like a conscious, sentient — almost metaphysical — being bringing you up close and personal with the human spirit where the humdrum did not intrude and where silence spoke eloquently and powerfully about humanity and its small triumphs and its big frailties
BUSINESS
The significance of Shyam Benegal in the making of India
LIFESTYLE
The Irish lodestar
Edna O’Brien, who passed away at 93 on July 27, was a writer driven by an uncompromising honesty and who lived and wrote on her terms
