Penguin India

Read an excerpt from Bimal Jalan's latest, "India : Priorities for the Future"

The reforms and consequent growth created extra resources that allowed India to speed up three significant initiatives.

Nivedita added to the mantra of nation-making, which would set a direction and course to an awakened people in their ultimate movement towards freedom.

MGR is possibly the most iconic leader in Tamil Nadu’s history. His fame was helped in great part thanks to his introduction of the Midday Nutritious Meal Scheme in the early 1980s.

In the final days of the Mughal dynasty, the Emperor was well-known as a champion of the common people, protecting them, as shown by this book excerpt.

Indian classical dancer and Guru Sonal Mansingh has had many highs and lows in her life. A notable low was when she suffered major injuries in a car accident in 1974, but she refused to give in to despair.

Roopa Swaminathan takes a look at how the Indian movie industry has put India on the map.

What happens when two music legends get together to play on the same stage? For sarod virtuoso Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, a joint concert with Pandit Ravi Shankar changed his life forever.

Vajpayee, one of the shrewdest politicians of India, is known for negotiating multiple paradoxes—from militant nationalism to his secret family life, his stint as a communist, his indulgence in food, and his attempt to project himself as a moderate, if not a liberal.

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, or Baba Saheb, as he is fondly known, is one of the most widely respected figures for his role in campaigning against discrimination, and for being the principal architect of the Indian Constitution. Unfortunately, his legacy continues to suffer, mired in the middle of India’s ongoing debate about caste and reservations.