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It’s Not Blasphemous

Extremists in Pakistan fail to see that the acquittal of Asia Bibi is not unIslamic

The Conqueror of Destiny

A search in Benares for Brahmins, the twice-born, leads to an encounter with a young member of the aristocracy of the mind

Every Unbearable Thing

A poet’s response to MeToo

Sabarimala: God and Citizen

Was Sabarimala the business of the Supreme Court?

Calcutta of the Mind

Modern India’s first capital was also its most global

The Man and the Mahatma

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

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