The threat to lives and livelihoods, combined with the allure of merchant vessels in the east bearing treasures of gold, silver, jewels, textiles and spices, made transferring an attractive proposition
The industrialization of presses, the dangers inherent in the work, and the sense that the wages offered by press managers were insufficient for the cost of urban living meant that by the early twentieth century, printing was a trade known for management-labor conflicts and strikes
Professor David C Engerman on interviewing and writing about 6 famous South Asians who gave the world development economics.
Most explanations of the Naga revolt view Phizo’s movement through the lens of secessionism but it is perhaps more useful to see it as an attempt to undo the partition of India and Burma and reunite the Nagas on both sides
Removal of poverty as the objective and growth and redistribution as joint instruments to achieve it remained integral to Nehru’s thinking throughout his tenure as prime minister.
NAAV.AI cofounder and author of 10 books Vikram Sampath on training agentic AI for translating books into Indian regional languages, and what the speed and ease of translating with AI could mean for content across Indian languages.
Owing to lapses in planning and the presence of informers in their midst, the plan ultimately failed and the British came down very heavily on the conspirators.
If the driver got to Sobhraj and alerted him, there would be hell to pay. We could not preclude the possibility of Sobhraj and Hall pulling out a weapon, or even taking a hostage or two from the wedding party
Freshworks founder Girish Mathrubootham on riding the AI wave, his 2025 memoir All In, how he prefers sharing anecdotes to giving 'gyan', and his love of chess, cars and watches.
As Trump wages a tariff war with China, seeking to boost domestic electronics manufacturing, this book offers an unparalleled insight into why his strategy is embarrassingly naïve.
Until forty years ago, we couldn't forecast weather conditions beyond ten days. Renowned climate scientist Dr. Jagadish Shukla is largely to thank for modern weather forecasting.
Biotech means that we can all live better, safer, healthier, wealthier, happier, and longer lives.
Dumps and landfills around the world are overflowing.
A striking new cover design, a departure from past visual identities, marks this momentous issue.
In September 2017, a photo of Max in his hospital bed dominated the front page of The Mirror once more.
Because of AI and deepfake technology, it is possible to put words in the mouth of an individual or create a video that integrates the likeness of that person (without their permission)
Novelist Isabel Allende on being 'eternally displaced', and why 1891 is a big year in her latest novel 'My Name is Emilia del Valle'.
Benyamin on why he thinks 'The Second Book of Prophets' is unlike anything he's written before, and translator Ministhy S. on why she had to read other books before taking up the Malayalam to English translation of Benyamin's latest novel.
Artificial Intelligence has been 'just around the corner' for decades, continually disappointing those who long believed in its potential
India is a country held together, in the words of Nehru, ‘by strong but invisible threads...a myth and an idea, a dream and a vision, and yet very real and present and pervasive.’
Winner of the million-rupee Ananda Purashkar 2025, Bengali author Smaranjit Chakraborty on the secret of his success, the storyline of 'Shunyo Pother Mallika', translating Jhumpa Lahiri, and his desire to 'tell stories that convey the message of love and harmony'.
By the late 1800s and first two decades of the twentieth century, several periodicals and newspapers came out in undivided India
We can practice loving speech in our writing as well. Many people now communicate by email and text messaging more than they do in person or on the telephone.
In India, Tendulkar became ubiquitous in a manner that not even Gavaskar had rivalled. Only when driving around Mumbai in the early hours could he roam freely.
