Shylashri Shankar is the author of Turmeric Nation - A Passage Through India's Tastes
Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott infiltrate a religious cult and realise the limits of free will
Of ominous countryside and Machiavellian mandarins
Three thrillers reveal the emotional cost of coping with killers
When the killer is unveiled through a slow unveiling of emotions
Can serial killers make a moral point?
Buried secrets in the labyrinth of family relationships
Detectives with cool, rational minds who need to see justice done
When thrillers are adapted with local flavour
Thrillers that pack emotional drama with larger political and social issues
Dismantling the artificial boundaries between high and low fiction
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, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
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 an author and columnist. Views are personal.
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