A riveting account of three generations of physicians in colonial Bengal who performed ordinary miracles in their daily lives
Dom Moraes’ travelogue is delicious piece of literary journalism from the 1950s
The crucible of the open mic winnows the duds from the real comics
A newspaper that exposed the corruption of the Raj
A people caught between war and peace
The many avatars of Ranjit Hoskote blaze forth in his new poetry collection. Suhit Kelkar meets the poet and curator
The commando who was reunited with his family 20 years after he was lost as a little boy, thanks to a tattoo
A 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
Dharavi housewives go behind the lens to open up their worlds
Review website Mouthshut.com’s battle against being muzzled could strike a blow against online censorship
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 several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and Member, Board of Governors, India Foundation
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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