The future of India too will be written by its middle class

The afterlife of Qassim Suleimani

We may still live for the rustle of the pages

Pico Iyer | Tim Mackintosh-Smith | Toni Morrison | Philippe Lancon

The countdown to the post-post-World War II age has begun

The history of Indian disbelief adds a wrinkle to the story of modernity

The abiding attraction of the Ramayana to Indian society, and to the Indian mind, lies in the innumerable idealised social relations that abound in the epic. Its importance as a template for social bonds is what is often missed in the textual discussions that preoccupy scholars

The ragamala matrix

As Xi Jinping comes calling, a close examination of China’s effort to educate its students and lead well-funded research platforms—from a state that sent poets to jail for subjectivism to Jack Ma’s Alibaba

The cosmic gaze

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…