A war we cannot win

One hundred years between history and memory

A majestic biography focuses far more on Gandhi’s relations with opponents like Ambedkar and Jinnah than with his own favourite protégé Jawaharlal Nehru

The myth of colonial plunder

A true hero

Jinnah’s Pakistan demand was more tactical than practical

Empire of the mind

The end of an idea that was Indian politics’ greatest contradiction

On the 70th anniversary of India’s independence, let’s redeem Warren Hastings from the worst trial of history

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…