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CHANDRA SHAKER REDDY: PEOPLE LIKE HIM MAKE POLITICS WORK by Mihir Srivastava
​ Chandra Shaker Reddy, 50, is a man in control. He knows the city of Hyderabad like the back of his hand. He is emotionally driven but pragmatic; a doer, gets things done, fast, helps people selflessly. A family man who has a large extended family of friends. Chandra Shaker is a natural leader, the go-to person for many, and he never disappoints those who seek his positive intervention in their lives. He goes out of the way to help friends when they are in dire straits, ca
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​DELHI MUSIC S​CENE: ROHIT SOLOMON IS A STAR IN THE MAKING by Mihir SrivastavaÂ
There was a singer and an accompanist on the guitar.​ Rohit Solomon played guitar in the way that it felt like an orchestra, I could hear...
Sep 284 min read


MAMATA BANERJEE: THE ROYAL BENGAL TIGRESS by Mihir Srivastava
Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal (WB) for 14 years now, is perhaps the most powerful politician in the country outside...
Sep 265 min read


GEN Z OF NEPAL: THE LEADERLESS REVOLUTION by Mihir Srivastava
The revolutionary Gen Z of Nepal overthrew the incumbent government in merely 24 hours of agitation. They were against protracted...
Sep 185 min read


K KESHAVA RAO: LIFE IS ABOUT CREATING YOURSELF by Mihir Srivastava
​ K. Keshava Rao, popularly known as KK, is a young man of 87 years . A rebel by nature, he does what he believes in with penchant. And...
Sep 135 min read


SANKARSHAN THAKUR: WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU? by Mihir Srivastava
Picture: Mustafa Quraishi ​I hadn’t met Sankarshan Thakur for many years but occasionally ran into him at Khan Market where I'd greet him...
Sep 95 min read


AMITABH KANT—THE PHENOMENAL PHENOMENON by Mihir Srivastava
Amitabh Kant was perhaps the most famous bureaucrat in the country when he quit after 45 years of long association with the government of...
Sep 64 min read


LIVELY HOME OF NICHOLAS ROERICH By Devashish Verma
Nicholas Roerich at work in Naggar. Photo courtesy: Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York) 8 June 2025. I walked towards the double-storey...
Aug 124 min read


RUPAK ROY: A CHOSEN LIFE OF SOLITUDE IN THE WILDERNESS By Mihir Srivastava
​ Rupak Roy built a house in the middle of nowhere in the Nilgiri hills and started living 35 years ago when he was 35 years of age. It's...
Aug 75 min read


THEORETICAL PHYSICIST APOORV TIWARI AND THE UNKNOWN KNOWN by Mihir Srivastava
Theoretical physicist  Apoorv Tiwari is a 36 years old Indian with boyish looks, is​ a leading researcher in the field of quantum...
Jul 304 min read


SUDARSHAN SHETTY: THE ARTIST OF THE NEBULOUS THAT DEPICTS LIFE AS IT IS By Mihir Srivastava
There are very few artists who practice art that essentially entails transcending boundaries, the silos they exist in, and think freely,...
Jul 235 min read


LOUIS ROSSMANN: FEAR THE MAN WHO NEVER BACKS DOWN By Bharat Madhok
A repair technician became the world-famous YouTuber and the face of the Right to Repair (R2R) movement. Louis Rossmann, 36, is seen by...
Jul 225 min read
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