Graphic novel as a literary quest
A journalistic exercise on tawaifs, which also provides a history of sexuality, secularism and ‘propriety’ in India
Jack Reacher is out on his 24th mission. The creator of popular fiction’s most read solitary vigilante opens up
Kiran Nagarkar’s novel about Kabir collapses under its didactic weight
Olga Tokarczuk won the Man Booker International prize in 2018. The Polish novelist is again in the running with an old-fashioned whodunnit
An internationally acclaimed short film tells the Santhals’ story
The malleability and universality of the characters in Little Women remain fresh 150 years after its publication
Manav Kaul, actor and author, refuses to be boxed in
Anand Tiwari tells Aditya Mani Jha why his romantic comedy is different
Hindi cinema’s second wave of rape-revenge films gets bloody but begets no justice
CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is a member of Rajya Sabha and the author of several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and Member, Board of Governors, India Foundation
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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