The Afghan War is over ideology, not geography

Goan musings on Rao’s wisdom and the unending march in Afghanistan

All matches are now played in a covered stadium, any batsman who hits the ceiling is given an eight. The old helicopter shot is passé, players are hitting perpendicular rockets into the air

A loincloth for Prince Philip and the Quran written in Saddam’s blood

In life, prayer is hope; in death, prayer is solace

Mamata Banerjee cannot take success for granted

Satyajit Ray never touched alcohol, and listened to a sonata by Beethoven on his turntable gramophone at breakfast. What else could possibly be required for the biodata of a Calcutta god?

Any number in three figures for the party will be a massive advance

The 2021 struggle for power is shaped by history, geography, demography—and a miracle by the mahatma, argues MJ Akbar

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…