Vol. 2023No. 268Contemporary India
The India you were born into
Monday25 September2023
On 25 September 2023, the archive invites you to see through the lens of the national mood — against the wider backdrop of india's space programme, digital economy and global diplomatic role reached new milestones.
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India in the 2020s
Recovery, technology and national ambition shape the era
India was navigating pandemic recovery, technological growth, public investment and a changing role in the world.
India in Numbers
A snapshot of India when you were born.
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Prices from the month you were born, listed the way the kirana shop would have written them.
- The Hindu archive
- National archival records
- Press and public memory
04 · Sport
India on the field in 2023
Moment of the year · Cricket
India hosts the Cricket World Cup
India reached the men's ODI World Cup final.
202305 · Cinema & music
What India was watching and humming
The film everyone queued for that month, and the song that played from every cassette player that year.
JAWAN
Year 2023
Film of the year · 2023
Jawan
Also in theatresPathaan · Gadar 2 · Animal · Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire · Leo · Jailer
Song of the year · 2023
"Chaleya"
Also on the radio"Tum Kya Mile" · "What Jhumka?" · "Heeriye"
$ cat science-and-technology-2023
5G, AI and a digitally native India
What science and technology looked like in India in 2023.
Chandrayaan-3 lands
India achieved a successful soft landing with Chandrayaan-3 on 23 August 2023.
Technology moves closer to daily life
Computing, communication and consumer electronics were gradually moving from specialist institutions toward ordinary homes, offices and public life.
Faces of 2023
S. Somanath
Chairman of ISRO who led the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon's south pole region on 23 August.
M. M. Keeravani
Won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 'Naatu Naatu' from RRR.
Guneet Monga
Produced 'The Elephant Whisperers', which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film, making it a major Indian documentary milestone.
Virat Kohli
Scored his 50th ODI century at the 2023 Cricket World Cup, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's record.
Neeraj Chopra
Won gold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, becoming India's first World Athletics Champion.
Chandrabose
Co-wrote the lyrics for Naatu Naatu, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
09 · BEYOND INDIA
Beyond India
Before the internet put the world in our pockets, news from abroad arrived through telegrams, radios, television sets and eventually phones.
Turkey–Syria earthquakes
6 FEB
Powerful earthquakes strike Turkey and Syria, causing catastrophic destruction and one of the deadliest natural disasters of the year.
2023, circled in red
The year India turned 76.