Santosh Desai points out how the smartphone didn't just change our habits - it redesigned the whole use manual for being Indian
By Kundanika Nanda December 03, 2025
Nattukottai Chettiars’ business history is vividly detailed in "Fortune Seekers" by Raman Mahadevan, chronicling this Tamil community's remarkable ascent from humble origins to dominate Southeast Asian commerce
By Lakshmi Subramanian
'Power and Purpose: Rediscovering Indian Foreign Policy in Amrit Kaal' by Harsh V Pant and Anant Singh Mann divides the Indian foreign policy in its entirety from the time of Independence in 1947 to present times into four distinct ‘waves’
By TheWeek Correspondent
The book looks at the remarkable and often overlooked transition of the Indian military after 1947, from British allegiance to the Indian tricolour
By TheWeek Correspondent
Written by Swati Pandey, a senior bureaucrat who entered Kamathipura as Postmaster General of Mumbai, the book blurs the boundaries between the official and the personal, the observer and the participant, the state and the street
By Pooja Biraia
'Crooked Plow' is the story of the struggles and misery of subsistence farmers in the rural areas of Bahia, northeastern Brazil—poor in development, but rich in culture
By R. Viswanathan
The book by Shafik Meghji explores Britain's profound, multifaceted influence across Latin America—from the slave trade and independence wars to railways, football, and political interventions
By R. Viswanathan
Former IAAS officer P. Sesh Kumar combines professional insight with candid reflections on the strengths and shortcomings of India’s top audit body
By Pratul Sharma
N. Ramachandran’s ‘Notes from Willingdon Island’ explores Cochin Port Trust's transformation and highlights the structural hurdles still holding Kerala back
By Anirudha Karindalam
'Everything All At Once' by former NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar and policy expert Ishan Joshi provides a crucial examination of the extraordinary transformations reshaping the global order and their profound implications for India
By Pratul Sharma
A wide variety of themes are explored in the 26 poems, ranging from old age, lost relationships, and familial departures to global conflicts and travel experiences in countries like Japan and Vietnam
By Shubhangi Shah
His refusal to join Pakistani forces, despite personal appeals from even Muhammad Ali Jinnah, remains a defining testament to his belief that patriotism transcends religion
By Badar Bashir
The life and times of soldiers like General Nanavatty become all the more relevant because they have truly been there and done that—from the icy heights of Siachen, the Kashmir terror theatre, and the Sri Lankan civil war, to the insurgency-plagued swathes of Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura.
By The Week News Desk