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In August 1990, Indias 7th Prime Minister, V.P. Singh, implemented the Mandal Commission report to reserve seats for the backward classes in government jobs and public universities. In an interview to author Neerja Chowdhury, he said:

Kate Flannery's memoir about her days working as an American Apparel employee in the early aughts is out now. Read an excerpt.

In this book excerpt, award-winning Ghanaian journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni explores that challenges of investigative reporting in Africa.

Civil rights activists failed to expel an all-white, segregationist delegation. But their efforts foreshadowed later milestones in the fight for equality

An excerpt from Rashmi Narzary’s ‘An Unfinished Search’, which lays bare the evils of Partition, coupled with an unending quest for ancestry

As Hollywood actors join writers in their battle for better compensation and safeguards against AI, a reminder of an agitation closer home.

An excerpt from Akshaya Mukul’s 2015 book, ‘Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India’.

An excerpt from ‘I’m an Optimist: An Easy Guide to Lead a Sustainable Life’, by Aakash Ranison.

Read an excerpt from FIT professor and art journalist Natasha Degen's new book "Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol," out now.

In this book excerpt, read about the undercover reporting of Ester Blenda Nordström, the woman dubbed Sweden's first investigative reporter.