Shantanu Guha Ray

Time to know the other history of India’s freedom struggle

The underlying theme of Sanjeev Sanyal’s book is simple. The troika of nationalists, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal were...

Shadowy hands behind unrest against Asia’s largest diamond mine

Buxwaha, Sagar (MP): Troubled by a medley of activists, the Aditya Birla group may have developed second thoughts over a big diamond project in...

Do you know who Madhu Grover is?

NEW DELHI; A flamboyant 50-plus Indian woman has shocked Indian and US officials, and the US court system following proof that she violated Indian...

Former Army man says drop cricket, play kabaddi instead

NEW DELHI: A technical expert, who once served the Indian defence forces, wants to shape the ancient game of kabaddi in such a style...

No consensus on taxation on online gaming industry

If the valuation mechanism is changed to a tax on the Contest Entry Amount (CEA), it renders the entire industry unviable.   NEW DELHI: The Group...

Checking the mosaic of India

‘There is an inner core—the very being of India, nourished by inherent, unseen powers—common to Indians from all corners of the country. These powers...

A smart lawyer and his judicial activism

Many have forgotten a brilliant book he has penned, Fifteen Judgements: Cases That Shaped India’s Financial Landscape.   Saurabh Kirpal is a 50-year-old gay lawyer, who...

Turn India into a great investment destination: Rangarajan

In his book, ‘Forks In The Road’, Rangarajan is open about what he did when he was RBI governor.   All Reserve Bank of India governors...

India faces heat on vaping laws

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Health is facing heat following its ban on vaping, even as many countries are reversing such bans and arguing...

1971: History’s deadliest storm

Write the authors: ‘American-built B-57s and F-86s launched from airfields in West Pakistan and dropped hundreds of bombs all across northwestern India, while AKK...

Sreekumar’s web of lies in the ISRO case unravels, but not fully

New Delhi: R.B. Sreekumar, a former cop who would often recite verses from the Gita to prove his spirituality but eventually ended up in...

No power from the barrel of the gun: The life and times of a Naxalite

Charu Majumdar’s death crushed the Naxalite movement and CPI(ML) was fragmented into various groups.   Charu Majumdar, who made Mao Zedong’s lines, “political power grows out...

Inside the life of Ba, Kasturba Gandhi

Her face was peaceful against the tumult of the nation, India was then under British rule. It was about sacrifice, for herself and the...

Commerce Ministry snubs Tea Board, planters surprised

Tea Board’s move to temporarily ban a planter for using excessive chemicals in its tea garden in Dooars had been hailed by planters, but...

Bengal arrests haunt Mamata Banerjee

It is reliably learnt that the TMC may ask Partha Chatterjee to step down amid pressure from the Opposition as he’s not only a...

Government may shut down PCRA, focus on EVs

Government’s thought process is simple: If India is focusing on electric vehicles, then the present focus on petroleum conservation needs to shift; Petroleum Conservation...

Vested interests seek to malign Indian airline companies

New Delhi: Interesting tales spread on the net about some of India’s air carriers have triggered breaking headlines, although not many have cared to sift...

No relief likely for family of Big Bull

In a newly launched website, Jyoti, late Harshad Mehta’s wife, has made some big claims, nearly 21 years after Mehta’s death.   New Delhi: Income Tax...

Sanjeev Kumar: The actor and his love stories

His biography, ‘Sanjeev Kumar: The Actor We All Loved’, written by his nephew Uday Jariwala and Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta, has many examples of his...

Gupta brothers face trouble in Dubai and South Africa

New Delhi: Total heat is mounting on the India-born Gupta brothers, charged with huge financial embezzlement during their stay in South Africa. According to reports...

Rediscover nationalism and favourable power balance through Jaishankar’s book

He (read, the government) wants India to avoid alliances in the name of national interest and advocates plurilateralism.   An updated version of “The India Way:...

Walking inside the mind of human bombs

Anirudhya Mitra has explained details of his investigation into Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination by the LTTE in 90 Days, The True Story of the Hunt...

The curious case of two missing gold coins

One of the coins weighed 14.5 kg and the other a little over 1 kg. The sheer historical value of the mohurs is beyond...

A great solution to child sexual abuse

Rituparna Chatterjee, author of The Water Phoenix, tosses some horrific numbers. She says over one billion children aged between two and 17 were abused...

The curious case of Hasan Ali: Needed, witnesses for prosecution

New Delhi: The first witness in the Hasan Ali case, now almost 15 years old, is likely to be produced by the Enforcement Directorate...

Should Sri Sri to go to Colombo again?

The Tiger’s Pause is the fascinating tale of a spiritual and wellness guru’s efforts to end one of Asia’s bloodiest wars. Reams and reams of...

India’s big wheat export conundrum

NEW DELHI: There’s a big debate in the cor- ridors of power in the national capital and it revolves around one simple issue: Should India...

The Line of Mercy has a message: Listen to the underdog

The author explores the society within the prison, and outside it and argues why prisons guarantee nothing, no reforms, and can be very dangerous...

Breaking barriers with non breakable helmets

With her new venture Tiivra, Alpana Parida intends to challenge the conventional wisdom that gut instincts drive the best marketing initiatives. Alpana Parida wants to...

India enduring coal shortages, power cuts and cancelled trains

NEW DELHI: Bizarre it may sound, the Indian Railways are asking travellers to get off passenger trains because the tracks need to be kept...

Again remembering the thinking actor

Suman Ghosh directed Soumitra Chatterjee in five movies, two picked up national awards, and would routinely visit the star for conversations that Bengalis very...

A brutal read on British imperialism, exploitation and coercion

M.J. Akbar meticulously explains in the book how British racism was of the worst kind, as seen during the Britishers’ treatment of the Anglo...

Alrosa roughs are not ‘conflict diamonds’, says India

NGOs supporting a ban on Russian exports to India are silent about the consequent shift of the industry to China.   New Delhi: Exports of rough...

You hear about bureaucrats only when things go wrong

There is a new breed of officers who are using social media to communicate with the world at large.   Indian bureaucrats have been in the...

Another whistleblower, but no action from NSE

New Delhi: Close on the heels of news that the former head of India’s largest stock exchange shared confidential information with a Himalayan yogi...

Book puts India’s biggest nationalist firmly on the pedestal

The book highlights the difference Bose had with Mahatma Gandhi over several issues, the most important being how to oust the British empire from...

Bangladesh 1971: A complex portrait of a slaughter

Edited by Rakshanda Jalil, a literary historian and Debjani Sengupta, a lecturer of English literature in Indraprastha College in Delhi University, the book offers...

Dhaka turns heat on Grameen Bank, Nobel Laureate under watch

Dhaka, Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Bank has sought details of bank statements of Nobel Laureate and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus. The news has created ripples...

Inside prison, inside the mind of Mujibur Rahman: A must read book for Indians

‘Prison Diaries’ could have been recommended as mandatory for school and college libraries in India, because of New Delhi’s involvement in the liberation war...

FDI growth in Gujarat 60 times that of rest of India: CM Patel

New Delhi: The Gujarat Summit 2022, which did not see the light of day due to the renewed spread of Covid-19 across India, was...

Jet Airways may find a saviour in external funds

‘It is very surprising to see shares of a defunct airline hover around the Rs 100 mark. This is actually bizarre.’ The previous management ran...

A deep dive research into Vajpayee’s life

The book, in chapter after chapter, explains Vajpayee’s gift for ambiguity. Sagarika Ghose describes Atal Bihari Vajpayee as India’s most loved Prime Minister whose political...

Ganguly-Kohli spat roils the world of cricket

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the world’s richest, is at risk of no longer looking invincible. It is...

Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh face off over a coal reserve

The coal blocks are located in Chhattisgarh. The coal is meant for power plants in Rajasthan and other states.   New Delhi: Two Congress state governments...

Time stops inside Kolkata’s antique store

Kolkata: Members of the erstwhile zamindar families in and around Kolkata are visiting the city’s antique stores to sell memorabilia that once added value...

This reporter’s diary on Bangladesh War is a brilliant read

Manas Ghosh, the writer, says it’s a pity that efforts by Indian diplomats to secure support for the cause of the war hardly find...

How Bengal lost the plot, ceased to live in India’s present

Hazra finds Mamata Banerjee’s open defiance of the Centre a very worrisome trend; it has only pushed the state into a deep political isolation. New...

Demolition order of Noida towers has dubious builders running for cover

New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s decision to raze two gigantic residential towers in Noida that were once peddled to buyers as India’s answer to...

Trash turns into treasure in new plastic economy

In the circular economy, the product is made from recycled materials and ends up being recycled itself. New Delhi: India’s new circular plastic economy is...

To stop wastage, India developing capacity to store 10 million tonnes of food grains

New Delhi: The Shantaram committee’s wish list to develop 10 million tonnes of silo capacity to save food grains from wastage will take shape...

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