25 stories of failure, builders, and what comes next

Lighting The Flame

25 stories of failure, builders, and what comes next

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Economy

How Chinese 'Little Giants' Made It, And Lessons For India's MSME Sector

How Chinese 'Little Giants' Made It, And Lessons For India's MSME Sector

India's TFR Declining Faster Than Anticipated: Dr Shamika Ravi Says Women Need Childcare Support

India's TFR Declining Faster Than Anticipated: Dr Shamika Ravi Says Women Need Childcare Support

Business

The Sock City Lesson: What Indian States Can Learn From China’s Clusters

The Sock City Lesson: What Indian States Can Learn From China’s Clusters

Understaffed And Underutilised Indian Trade Service (ITS) – The Missing Link In India’s Trade Story

Understaffed And Underutilised Indian Trade Service (ITS) – The Missing Link In India’s Trade Story

States

Of Government Jobs: How Bihar’s ‘Sarkari Naukri’ Obsession Shapes Its People And Politics

Of Government Jobs: How Bihar’s ‘Sarkari Naukri’ Obsession Shapes Its People And Politics

Kodavas Have Held On To Kodagu Through Centuries, But Creeping Islamisation Of Region May Finally Break Them

Kodavas Have Held On To Kodagu Through Centuries, But Creeping Islamisation Of Region May Finally Break Them

Politics

The Exam Wars: How Student Protests Are Reshaping India's Political Landscape

The Exam Wars: How Student Protests Are Reshaping India's Political Landscape

Street Fighters For Dharma: How Hindu Munnani Shaped Tamil Nadu’s Hindutva Politics

Street Fighters For Dharma: How Hindu Munnani Shaped Tamil Nadu’s Hindutva Politics

Culture

From Social Media To Door-To-Door: How They Are Funding A Rs 500 Crore Temple Project In Karnataka

From Social Media To Door-To-Door: How They Are Funding A Rs 500 Crore Temple Project In Karnataka

Inside The Battle To Protect Tiruvannamalai Temple's Sacred Space: A Conversation With TR Ramesh

Inside The Battle To Protect Tiruvannamalai Temple's Sacred Space: A Conversation With TR Ramesh

What Recent Evidence Says About The Lost Tongue Of A Multilingual Harappa

What Recent Evidence Says About The Lost Tongue Of A Multilingual Harappa

Aravindan Neelakandan

Why The Future Of Carnatic Music May Lie Outside Chennai

Why The Future Of Carnatic Music May Lie Outside Chennai

Annapurna Certificates: Why India’s Michelin Stars Must Celebrate Its Full Culinary Diversity

Annapurna Certificates: Why India’s Michelin Stars Must Celebrate Its Full Culinary Diversity

News Brief

North Block To Host “Time And Timelessness” Gallery Showcasing 100 Artefacts For World's Largest Museum

North Block To Host “Time And Timelessness” Gallery Showcasing 100 Artefacts For World's Largest Museum

World

Courting Geniuses: How China's 'Thousand Talents' Strategy Is Fuelling Its Ascent

Courting Geniuses: How China's 'Thousand Talents' Strategy Is Fuelling Its Ascent

Defence

India Needs Asymmetric Weapons To Fight China. The Time To Fund Them Is Now

India Needs Asymmetric Weapons To Fight China. The Time To Fund Them Is Now

Operation Sindoor Showed The IAF’s Strength, But Also Its Blind Spots

Operation Sindoor Showed The IAF’s Strength, But Also Its Blind Spots

Why India Still Cannot Build Conventional Submarines On Its Own: A Chronicle Of Avoidable Failure

Why India Still Cannot Build Conventional Submarines On Its Own: A Chronicle Of Avoidable Failure

Ideas

The World Is Pushing Indian Scientists Home. But Indian Academia Is Pushing Them Away

The World Is Pushing Indian Scientists Home. But Indian Academia Is Pushing Them Away

Cover

Inside Modi Government's Rs 1 Lakh Crore Plan To Turn Around R&D In India

Inside Modi Government's Rs 1 Lakh Crore Plan To Turn Around R&D In India

Why India’s Best Researchers Often Fail To Build Real-World Technologies

Why India’s Best Researchers Often Fail To Build Real-World Technologies

Ilaiyaraaja: A Life Of Syncopated Symphony

Ilaiyaraaja: A Life Of Syncopated Symphony

Science

As Project Cheetah Eyes Expansion Across States, Kuno National Park Becomes A Guiding Light

As Project Cheetah Eyes Expansion Across States, Kuno National Park Becomes A Guiding Light

Nishtha Anushree

Heritage

Harappans Did Not Vanish. New Science Shows How They Evolved When The Rivers Ran Dry

Harappans Did Not Vanish. New Science Shows How They Evolved When The Rivers Ran Dry

Aravindan Neelakandan

Books

500-Year Long Siege: How India's Scientific Spirit Was Sabotaged And Why We Must Reclaim It

500-Year Long Siege: How India's Scientific Spirit Was Sabotaged And Why We Must Reclaim It