Arshia Sattar is an author and translator. Her most recent translation is Tales from the Kathasaritsagara
Despite all the wealth, the epics are not entirely comfortable with displays of ostentation
12 October 2017From the karmic to the dharmic
09 August 2017In her Neapolitan series, Italian novelist Elena Ferrante frees herself from having to create heroic characters
02 November 2016Bibek Debroy concludes his Mahabharata series with a cosmic flourish
19 October 2016Poet-saint Andal’s work proves that she regards the body a site of the sacred as much as the soul
09 March 2016A war adventure where disparate elements are held together by clever plotting
29 October 2015What is it that makes him an enduring literary icon of compassion and empathy?
16 September 2015Wendy Doniger’s book on the Kamasutra reminds us of the dignities once afforded to women in our culture
19 August 2015Brahma 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
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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