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CARVING A NEW NICHE

LAST YEAR, AFTER GEETANJALI SHREE'S Hindi novel Ret Samadhi/Tomb of Sand (translated into English by Daisy Rockwell) won the International Booker Prize, my inbox was abuzz with messages from American acquaintances and some fellow writers.

INTELLECTUAL HUB

WITH QUALITY PEDAGOGY, NEW COURSES, INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS AND AN INCLUSIVE CAMPUS, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY RETAINS ITS PLACE IN THE SUN YEAR AFTER YEAR

A CODE THAT DIVIDES

The Board of India Today Experts agrees on the need for a coherent civil code but want equality and justice, not uniformity, as its driving principle

Brewing Battle

MANY SAY THE BJP'S ATTEMPTS TO LIMIT ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND SALE WOULD DEPLETE TN FINANCES, IMPACTING ITS ABILITY TO FUND SOCIAL SECTOR SCHEMES

PAWS FOR THOUGHT

Vivek Menon's new, improved field guide to Indian mammals is an essential companion to conservation awareness

WAYS OF SEEING

A MAJOR EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER LALIT MOHAN SEN AT EMAMI ART, KOLKATA, INTRODUCES HIS OEUVRE TO A NEW GENERATION OF VIEWERS

LEAGUE OF LEGAL EAGLES

A CONSISTENT EMPHASIS ON EXPANDING ITS RESEARCH OUTPUT IS THE CORNERSTONE OF SUCCESS FOR INDIA’S TOP LAW SCHOOL

AIIMS AND OBJECTIVES

AIIMS DELHI HAS LONG BEEN IN THE VANGUARD OF MEDICAL RESEARCH IN INDIA. IN A POST-COVID WORLD, THAT ROLE IS NOW MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED

Hallelujah!

The Nagaland Chamber Choir has become the first Indian choir to win two gold medals at the World Choir Games

BOOMTIME FOR IPOs

AS THE BSE SENSEX CROSSES 67,000 POINTS, 42 FIRMS LINE UP TO RAISE OVER Rs 54,000 CRORE THROUGH INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS. HOW SUSTAINABLE IS THE TREND?

THE A-LISTERS

THE INDIA TODAY GROUP IS BACK WITH ANOTHER EDITION OF ITS ANNUAL UNIVERSITY RANKINGS, PROVIDING CRUCIAL INSIGHTS INTO THE CURRENT STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA

THE RETURN OF LALU

Jail, illness and the pandemic may have kept the septuagenarian RJD chief off the political stage, but he is back, energising his party’s cadre as well as the national Opposition alliance

Guardians of the Forest

Zai Whitaker's Termite Fry captures the eternal tussle between urban aspirations and traditional forest communities

ENGINEERING MARVEL

ONE OF THE PREMIER INSTITUTES FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR LONG, IIT DELHI HAS ALSO TAKEN THE LEAD OVER OTHERS IN NEW AREAS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING, RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY LINKS

Reading the Land

Arati Kumar-Rao's Marginlands is a timely chronicle of India's changing landscapes and climate

OUR COMMON HISTORY

USING ARCHIVAL DATA AND ANECDOTES, THE BOOK PUTS THE SPOTLIGHT ON THE HETEROGENEOUS PAST OF SOUTH ASIAN NATIONS

The Template Is Half Empty

A DRAFT MASTER PLAN IS OPPOSED BY POWERFUL LOBBIES OF POLITICIANS AND BUREAUCRATS

A CRISIS BEFORE KCR

His dream of leading the Opposition alliance in 2024 fast fading, the BRS chief finds himself waging a lonely battle. Can he retain Telangana at least?

MAKING A HABIT OF EXCELLENCE

MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION AS WELL AS A PUSH TOWARDS INNOVATION PLACE AMITY UNIVERSITY AT THE VERY TOP

A SCRIPT CATCHES FIRE

HARYANA COMMUNAL CLASHES

SURGICAL STRIKE?

Maharashtra has some 1,700 of India’s 13,000 leopards, the third-highest population of the big cat after Madhya Pradesh (3,421) and Karnataka (1,783).

AN ACT OF CONTENTION

ENVIRONMENTALISTS FEAR THAT CHANGES TO THE FOREST CONSERVATION ACT RUN CONTRARY TO ITS STATED OBJECTIVE OF INCREASING INDIA’S GREEN COVER

SAURASHTRA: A SHARE OF THE NARMADA

For as long as one can remember, parched landscapes, bone-dry water taps and blistering heat have dominated the folklore of semi-arid Saurashtra. Even modern history remembers chief ministers—as recent as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Keshubhai Patel in 2000—who, burdened perpetually by drought-like situations in the region, sent goods trains filled with gallons of water to Rajkot for relief.

GEN NEXT HAS A PLAN FOR BSP

It’s never easy to predict the political moves of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati, who is known to hold her cards close to her chest. So much so that her decisions often take her party functionaries by surprise too.

An Inside Job

Just days after Congress leader Sachin Pilot claimed to have buried the hatchet with Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, the circumstances surrounding his 2020 rebellion have come back to haunt the party, and that too in an election year.

The Burden Of Allies

The BJP ranks have not taken kindly to the party roping in the Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) into their alliance government in Maharashtra.

Good Cop, Bad Cop

Actor Vijay Varma breaks new ground in his role as a vigilante cop in Kaalkoot, streaming on JioCinema

Southern Sounds

Chennai-based band Many Things is out with their debut album, First Things First

Behind the Scenes

A web series by Vivek Agnihotri, streaming on ZEE5 from August, documents the backdrop to The Kashmir Files

PUNE My LOVE

Veteran actor Mohan Agashe stars in Do Gubbare, a web series that celebrates the city of Pune