Ranjit Hoskote is a poet and essayist, his most recent poetry collection is Hunchprose
An Indian novel wins the International Booker Prize for the first time. The act of translation must now be sustained and strengthened
A poem
Sudeep Sen dwells on the intersections between nature and human settlements
The new Nobel laureate Louise Glück’s poetry is infused with desire and trauma, the processes of ordeal and healing
Under self-siege
What kind of Kabir can we construct for ourselves today?
The travelling Ramayana is a metaphor for Indian culture at its finest
A meditation on Mahabalipuram
How a Krishna sect in Rajasthan bridges multiple divides
Coursing along India’s riparian culture
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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