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THE REMAKING OF INDIA (1975 - 2025)

THE MOVER&THE SHAKER • BOLSTERED BY ELECTORAL WINS, PM MODI PUSHED THE PEDAL ON THE REFOR MS EXPRESS DESPITE DISRUPTIONS UNLEASHED BY TRUMP

Modi: The Mover

Trump: The Shaker

Friends Without Benefits • A deal to relax American tariffs remains elusive, hurting key Indian sectors

The Quiet Authority • From nudging the BJP into a political course-correction to being a moral evangelist at large, 2025 saw Bhagwat shape outcomes without overtly occupying centre stage

Naxalism Meets-Its Nemesis • Even in the midst of a busy year politically, the Union home minister’s crowning achievement was dealing a decisive blow to the Maoist insurgency

Enough Is Enough • Operation Sindoor demonstrated India’s willingness and resolve to use military might if necessary in response to terrorist attacks orchestrated by the enemy on its soil

Special Intensive Role • Efforts to clean voter rolls through the Special Intensive Revision made Gyanesh Kumar a constant political target, as reform collided with mistrust and Opposition resistance

Star Trekker • Becoming only the second Indian after Rakesh Sharma to transcend Earth’s boundaries and reach space, Shubhanshu Shukla marked an important milestone in India’s space mission

The Perfect Ten • With a massive assembly poll win, the ‘10-time CM’ not only cocked a snook at critics, but recentred himself as the main architect of Bihar’s next act

On a Wing and a Long Prayer • An Air India flight’s crash in June and IndiGo’s meltdown in December laid bare how India’s aviation sector is becoming a victim of escalating ambition, weak oversight and regulatory lapse

On Top of the World • Each of the women cricketers in the team crowned world champions has won battles on and off the field. Coming from the depths of a developing India, their journeys held the nation in thrall

Passages 2025 • A few of the eminences that departed from our midst in the year gone by, having left an indelible mark in their respective spheres of influence

Past Meets Present • AMITAV GHOSH’S GHOST-EYE WEAVES PAST LIVES, CLIMATE CHANGE AND FAMILIAR CHARACTERS INTO A GRIPPING TALE THAT MOVES BETWEEN 1960s CALCUTTA AND THE PANDEMIC-ERA SUNDARBANS

Compulsive Storyteller • Defiantly prolific, SALMAN RUSHDIE is back with The Eleventh Hour, a collection of short stories

A TRAIN CHUGS THROUGH IT • Rahul Bhattacharya’s Railsong is the coming-of-age story of a woman and a nation, interwoven with the world of the Indian Railways

RIVER OF STORIES • WRITER AND TRANSLATOR ARUNAVA SINHA PICKS HIS FAVOURITE FICTION READS OF THE YEAR GONE BY

The Age of Terror • JASON BURKE’S THE REVOLUTIONISTS CHARTS THE DARK JOURNEY OF GLOBAL TERRORISM WITH THE PACE OF A THRILLER AND THE DEPTH OF SERIOUS HISTORY

BEYOND DRY FACTS • Podcaster and geneticist Razib Khan picks four recent books on ancient cultures

NOT JUST FOR LAUGHS • VIR DAS’s memoir reveals the person behind the smiling mask of a stand-up comic

Remembrance of Things Past •...