Barkha Dutt
A journalist’s personal, yet universal, grief during the pandemic
Sagarika Ghose brings out the qualities and contradictions of India’s most indulged prime minister in a new biography
After two decades, Pankaj Mishra returns with a novel that chronicles rapid urbanisation in an unequal India. He speaks to Nandini Nair about today’s hollow men and class wars
Sharanya Manivannan uses fantastical elements to talk about Sri Lanka’s trauma
S Hareesh’s short stories highlight his ability to work in the epic and mundane mode at the same time
On the anniversary of the naval mutiny, remembering how Utpal Dutt’s 1965 play memorialising the event had landed him in jail
Sandeep Bamzai provides a balanced perspective of Jawaharlal Nehru’s role in envisaging a united and unified India