Blurring the boundaries between the real and the surreal in Meghalaya
The players, plots and the movement that led to Gandhi’s murder
Amitav Ghosh’s new book is a parable for a planet in crisis. He speaks to Nandini Nair about the cruelties of colonialism and the violent trajectory of the nutmeg
Deen Dayal Upadhyay gave democracy an indigenous foundation
Nationalist tropes and imperial assumptions miss the Raj’s real economic impact
Kalki Koechlin’s mommy memoir is like her: candid, creative and full of truths that the merchants of bliss don’t reveal