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Arshia Sattar

Arshia Sattar is an author and translator. Her most recent translation is Tales from the Kathasaritsagara

Wendy Doniger
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The Eternal Question

A post-Dharmic take on sexual politics

04 July 2018
The Gold and the Beautiful
Wealth Issue 2017: Essay
The Gold and the Beautiful

Despite all the wealth, the epics are not entirely comfortable with displays of ostentation

12 October 2017
The Rama Sutra
Freedom Issue 2017: Essay
Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crown

From the karmic to the dharmic

09 August 2017
Do Gods Lie?
New Year Double Issue
Do Gods Lie?

Fake news in mythology

21 December 2016
Our Brilliant Friend
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Our Brilliant Friend

In her Neapolitan series, Italian novelist Elena Ferrante frees herself from having to create heroic characters

02 November 2016
Krishna as an Envoy by Raja Ravi Varma
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An Epic Finale

Bibek Debroy concludes his Mahabharata series with a cosmic flourish

19 October 2016
Andal
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Love and Language

Poet-saint Andal’s work proves that she regards the body a site of the sacred as much as the soul

09 March 2016
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Medieval Alchemy

A war adventure where disparate elements are held together by clever plotting

29 October 2015
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Forever Manto

What is it that makes him an enduring literary icon of compassion and empathy?

16 September 2015
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Liberty Lost

Wendy Doniger’s book on the Kamasutra reminds us of the dignities once afforded to women in our culture

19 August 2015

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

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

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

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

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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