What it takes to be a writer in the time of hate. Rushdie returns to that August morning in 2022 when he almost died under the knife of a man inspired by the late Ayatollah Khomeini’s death decree against the author
19 April 2024Those who charge Modi’s India with extra-constitutionalism mistake adherence for absolutism
05 April 2024Until August shows why the afterlife of writers is larger than what we read on the pages
22 March 2024A retired Rasputin shines a light on the Kremlin’s dark heart
23 February 2024An India where a Narendra Modi was made possible is indebted to the man who dared to hit the long road to Hindutva
09 February 2024A god has returned and the man who dedicated him to India added a new chapter to his own legend
25 January 2024Brahma 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, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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