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Cycle of Seasons

Ranjit Hoskote

Sudeep Sen dwells on the intersections between nature and human settlements

Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation
Anthropocene: Climate Change, Contagion, Consolation
Sudeep Sen
The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined the Buddha /
The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined the Buddha
Jairam Ramesh
Wisdom of the East
Arshia Sattar

Jairam Ramesh chronicles the life of Edwin Arnold who took Buddha’s ideas to the West via a narrative poem

World Travel: An Irreverent Guide /
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain
A Matter of Taste
Shylashri Shankar

Connecting flavours with travel and science, memories and emotions

Gods and Ends /
Gods and Ends
Lindsay Pereira
A Prayer for Orlem
Chintan Girish Modi

A tender and true portrait of a Mumbai suburb

Pha(bu)llus: A Cultural History /
Pha(bu)llus: A Cultural History
Alka Pande
The Cult of the Lingam
Alka Pande

Power and ecstasy

Cyclopedia Exotica /
Cyclopedia Exotica
Aminder Dhaliwal
‘I am a Cyclops’
Nandini Nair

Aminder Dhaliwal’s graphic novel uses the figure of the cyclops to talk about race and belonging, sexuality and relationships. The animator tells Nandini Nair why we are all outsiders

Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe /
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson: ‘Covid Exposed the Sclerosis of the Administrative State’
Sudeep Paul

Open Conversation with Niall Ferguson, historian

India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends /
India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends
Kanti Bajpai
India and China: The Incompatibles
Kanti Bajpai

Four reasons why India and China are not friends

Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir /
Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir
Farah Bashir
Curfewed Lives
Nawaid Anjum

An archive of trauma and psychic wounds from Kashmir

The Spirit of Enquiry /
The Spirit of Enquiry
TM Krishna
TM Krishna: A Thinker’s Raga
V Shoba

TM Krishna in a new collection of essays plays the parts of artist and citizen to perfection

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