Mani Shankar Aiyar, a diplomat turned politician, is a former Union minister and an author of several books
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Sandeep Bamzai provides a balanced perspective of Jawaharlal Nehru’s role in envisaging a united and unified India
Writer and politician Javed Jabbar tells the tale of his tangled relations with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Benazir Bhutto
From his ancestral home in Dhaka to the Bengal famine to Tagore’s tutelage at Santiniketan. Amartya Sen in his memoirs relives his formative years with wit and wisdom
What does Islam mean to Indians, Muslim and non-Muslim
An account of a proud Indian Muslim who occupied the highest offices
Being and belonging according to Shashi Tharoor
The topical reverberations of Ira Mukhoty’s biography of the great Mughal
A magisterial survey of India’s volatile growth story
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
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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 Member, Board of Governors, India Foundation
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