A collection of memoirs by Kashmiri Pandits in exile that could do with some historical context
The writings of John Lang, who recorded the unexpected and the absurd of British India
A dramatic new study of Partition and a valuable anthology from the scene of the historic divide
An intimate political history of India’s 22nd state that makes one reassess the scarcely questioned project of nation building
This well researched slim volume relives the city’s civic past and interprets the present
This book on Sri Lanka makes a plea for reconciliation and debunks many stereotypes
An inquiry into Gandhi’s death fails to put him in the historical context of the Subcontinent
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 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 a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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