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An Immersive chronicle
17 Jun 2023 4:22 PM GMTInterspersed with enticing quotes and ditties, Beyond the Trappings of Office is a wonderful memoir by retired IAS officer Rajan Kashyap, which not...
Magical silk of Mysore
10 Jun 2023 3:08 PM GMTKnown for its extraordinary quality and permanence of lustre, Mysore silk, as a purveyor of Karnataka’s rich culture, has found diversified usage with...
A saga of saffron ascension
3 Jun 2023 7:42 PM GMTCo-authored by Bhupendra Yadav and Ila Patnaik, ‘The Rise of the BJP’ chronicles the surge of the BJP as the world’s largest political party
God’s own food!
27 May 2023 4:34 PM GMTGrown in Kerala’s picturesque environments adorned with valleys, hillocks, rivers, forests etc., Navara rice is not just a nutritious and easily...
Tale of the great conquest
20 May 2023 6:15 PM GMTKP Agrawal’s magnum opus, British Takeover of India, documents the major treaties that were instrumental in India’s colonisation — exposing, in the...
Levers for the last mile
13 May 2023 3:03 PM GMTCommunity participation and technology are the two basic building blocks that can go a long way in transforming the lives of people at the grassroots...
Evolving dynamics
6 May 2023 3:55 PM GMTAs karmyogis, the civil servants have been relentlessly synthesising the inputs provided by various sectors to put everything in a wider perspective....
Bridging the gulf
29 April 2023 2:29 PM GMTIn the second part of the extract from his Civil Services Day address, Sanjeev Chopra highlights that British India’s frontier regulations in...
Homage to the pioneers
22 April 2023 4:27 PM GMTIn this extract from his Civil Services Day address, Sanjeev Chopra elucidates the contribution of IFAS officers Major Ralengnao Khathing and Lt...
Exquisite carvings of Konark
8 April 2023 4:06 PM GMTOriginated under the ancient Eastern Ganga dynasty, the stone-craft of Konark not just continues to be an expression of love, devotion and faith but...
Infotainers of yore!
1 April 2023 4:23 PM GMTConsidered to be of ‘divine’ origin, Kathputlis of Nagaur District in Rajasthan served traditionally as a carrier of local history and social mores,...
Beads of brilliance
25 March 2023 3:39 PM GMTAfter its revival in the 16th century in Khambhat, the 4,000-year-old Harrapan craft of agate bead-making started dominating the export market but...