Lakshmi Bayi loves travelling, books, films, and elephants. Writing is her way of muttering to herself
Horrors of the human-controlled ecosystem have a price
Rama sat by the feet of the fallen demon king to gain knowledge from him
How a tiny virus has made geographical boundaries and GDPs irrelevant
The demolition of the Marad flats show that in India, self-righteousness holds greater sway than rational thought
What bridges the distance between the human and the divine
Both Ram and Krishna have Maha Vishnu as their fundamental source. Yet their manifestations are completely different
With a long history of soothsaying, India has various methods of divining the future
Ego, politics and wealth, whether deliberately or otherwise, cater to conflict rather than consensus
These colours also stand for various human races
Even though feared and often unwelcomed, death is indeed blissful
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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