A riveting account of three generations of physicians in colonial Bengal who performed ordinary miracles in their daily lives
05 August 2020Dom Moraes’ travelogue is delicious piece of literary journalism from the 1950s
08 June 2020The crucible of the open mic winnows the duds from the real comics
27 February 2019The many avatars of Ranjit Hoskote blaze forth in his new poetry collection. Suhit Kelkar meets the poet and curator
27 February 2018The commando who was reunited with his family 20 years after he was lost as a little boy, thanks to a tattoo
07 December 2013A play that converses actively with the audience, invigorates the public conversation about the identity of the Indian Muslim and doesn’t flinch from drawing Jinnah into the discussion
04 December 2013Dharavi housewives go behind the lens to open up their worlds
04 November 2013Review website Mouthshut.com’s battle against being muzzled could strike a blow against online censorship
13 June 2013Brahma 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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