Perumal Murugan’s novel wins the JCB Prize for its depiction of displacement and movement
Balli Kaur Jaswal explores the complex web of relations between the country’s elite and its domestic help in her new novel
Swapna Liddle portrays a Delhi where histories overlap
When art bridges the gap between humans and nature
Two women struggle for survival in a Himalayan ghost village
Sheela Tomy’s novel tells the stories of the land and its people. She speaks to Open about bringing the Western Ghats alive in fiction
Serena Chopra’s photobook from a Delhi neighbourhood reveals the faces and voices of a little Tibet
An exhibition chronicling women over the span of 2,000 years, opens at the Bihar Museum
The result of India gaining its independence was that it signalled a widespread change in the attitude towards colonial rule
India of the 1800s and 1900s seen through a French and Indian lens
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, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
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 an author and columnist. Views are personal.
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