Madhavankutty Pillai

Amartya Sen’s foreword doesn’t demystify Polanyi.

He will be more prosperous and happier than the creative Indian. And he has a far greater influence over you than you imagine

Hetal Dave has only her brother to train with. And when she seeks sponsorship for international meets, people think it has something to do with Tata Sumo.

It is expensive and time-consuming, but road cars are borrowing from Formula 1 technology to make your commute zippier. And then there is the reverse transfer of technology—road cars are ahead of race cars in many areas and F1 has to catch up.

Suffocated by the silence surrounding homosexuality, a lesbian activist has started India’s first bookstore devoted to the subject.

Smack in the middle of a workshop on silence, terrified of his own thoughts and haunted by a toothache, the author realised how slippery our grip is on that thing we call the mind.

Fans of Stephanie Meyer’s vampire series will love this one too. The formula is spot on.

A form of venture funding, which uses the profit motive to create social change, is slowly making its presence felt in India.

Hanif Kureishi’s older stories are brilliant, funny and compelling. But the newer ones are a disappointment.

Hanif Kureishi on writing, racism and radical Islam.