Ravi Shankar: The Hermit and the Heartbreaker
Oliver Craske’s biography reveals the many lives of Ravi Shankar by balancing his personal history with his musical mastery
28 August 2020
Murder on their Minds
Portrayals of psychiatrists on recent web shows use psychology to titillate or trivialise
17 July 2020
Adultery as an Attitude
It was the sociology of Hindi cinema that first decriminalised it
10 October 2018
Self-Help Writers: Light Motive
The new generation of self-help writers remains staunchly secular and subversive
19 September 2018
Vicky Kaushal: Second to None
In just over three years, Vicky Kaushal has proved that the supporting star can be the hero
29 August 2018
The Fall of Man
When our favourite artists are cast as predators, what do we do with their art? Shreevatsa Nevatia on the dilemma
18 July 2018
Jesus, Coetzee Is at It Again
He is one of the greatest novelists of his time, but his late novels take him to a grim elsewhere, baffling his devotees
19 October 2016
Colour of the Rebel
A new sensitivity in Hindi cinema takes feminism beyond the comfort zone of victimhood
28 September 2016
A Pause in My Meteor Showers
A bipolar patient welcomes the passing of the Mental Health Care Bill in the Rajya Sabha
01 September 2016
Authors
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
MJ Akbar is an MP and the author of, most recently, Gandhi’s Hinduism: The Struggle Against Jinnah’s IslamWhile
Makarand R Paranjape, director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, is the author of ‘JNU: Nationalism and India’s Uncivil Wars’. Views are personal.
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