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Shylashri Shankar

Shylashri Shankar is the author of Turmeric Nation - A Passage Through India's Tastes

How Democratic Processes Damage Citizenship Rights
Politics
How Democratic Processes Damage Citizenship Rights

It is true that India’s Constitution framers did not expect the articles dealing with citizenship to be set in stone

16 December 2019
The Fragrance of Nature
Column
The Fragrance of Nature

How to create the spirit of a Monet in your garden

25 October 2019
The Living Democracy
Column
The Living Democracy

As more and more urban dwellers gravitate towards plants, what does it say about how we experience our spaces?

23 September 2019
The Meek Must Protect the Earth
Books
The Meek Must Protect the Earth

Four novels answer the question of justice and law

13 September 2019
The shifting attitudes of Indian democracy
Column
The Shifting Attitudes of Indian Democracy

Hail the strongman

06 September 2019
Open Decade 2009-2019
I Eat, Therefore I Am

With the hedonist at the high table, many are putting their money where the mouth is

19 July 2019
Books
The Sixth Sense

Hold your breath, smart detectives are at work

12 July 2019
Columns
The Sun’s Flowers

In summer the whole effort in a garden is geared towards saving the plants

14 June 2019
An Intimate Affair
A Moveable Feast
An Intimate Affair

Are we trading a long-term relationship with food for instant gratification?

15 May 2019
Varanasi: The City of Flickering Light
General Election 2019
Varanasi: The City of Flickering Light

In the 2014 elections, Shylashri Shankar found Varanasi under the spell of Narendra Modi. Revisiting it in the current campaign, she finds some change is evident but the fault lines underneath remain the same

08 May 2019

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

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

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

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

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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