Sunanda K Datta-Ray is a journalist and author of several books. He is an Open contributor
When Indian soldiers defended what God abandoned and risked their life in the faraway fields of the First World War a century ago
The last outpost of the Raj still survives in South Block
Living in the past of others
What the world’s longest lasting republic can teach the leader of the world’s largest democracy
…Or, is it that home is where the heart is but the heart is more than a cashbox?
The last Englishman could still be an Indian
A view from the Calcutta Club
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 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 professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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