Essays

Nothing Medieval About Them

Jason Burke

Are Islamic terrorists, executioners of the digital age, ahead of the curve?

Root for the Outlier

A Damodaran

In search of an alternative management paradigm

Edmund Burke, the 18th century English philosopher-statesman, believed that Indians were systematically exploited by the East India Company, whose abuse of power led to the creation of one of the most degenerate species of government that the civilised world had ever seen

Hindu Belief: Legacy versus Destiny

Murali Balaji

For Indology to overcome its past prejudices, it must open itself to the perspectives of genuine Hindu belief

Politics As Costume Drama

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

It’s not for nothing that Indian politicians are so conscious of what they wear

Ashes 2015: Dust to Dust

James Astill

A thrilling and unexpected series victory for England in the Ashes of 2015 points to a troubling cultural change in world cricket

Say It again with a Rosogolla in the Mouth

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

As Odisha makes a historical claim over the sweet, please remember that Bengali cuisine has been as peripatetic as Bengalis

APJ Abdul Kalam (1931-2015): Icon, Idol, Ascetic…

Shiv Visvanathan

He was the poor man as scientist before we created the chaiwaala as Prime Minister. Remembering APJ Abdul Kalam (1931-2015)

Saving History from Historians

Murali Balaji

The late Marxist historian DD Kosambi continues to wield tremendous influence on the study of Hinduism. But his disciples have disallowed any rational critique of the man and have zealously ignored the religion’s diversity