Boria Majumdar
The former IPL chairman makes you sweat and enjoys your discomfort before agreeing to tell his side of the story
Wendy Doniger’s early impressions of the country, written in her 20s
Far from being colonised subjects, Indians in the 19th century had a vibrant sense of strategic affairs
Stein Ringen offers a new definition for democracy and hits out at sceptics
Aanchal Malhotra maps the legacy of Partition through oral histories. The author in conversation with Aditya Mani Jha
Aurangzeb’s reign in the light of his own orders
A shared vein of political reflection makes the letters to his son Devadas special