Audrey Truschke goes deep into the fundamental flaws of Hindu-Mulsim distrust
A Sanskrit scholar from America returns to the Mughal court to trace its Indian cultural roots
What is the lure of the adult colouring book? Is it a sign of boredom and loneliness? Does it alleviate stress? Is it a return to childhood? Or is it a symptom of ‘rage against the machine’?
As three historians return to the bloody evolution of 20th century Europe, we realise how the current cataclysms of a continent make it easier for us to understand its past
Poet-saint Andal’s work proves that she regards the body a site of the sacred as much as the soul
This translation of Sufi saint Shah Hussein’s work speaks in his voice but not in all its fullness
A master of ‘wet poems’ places the body at the centre of political and social structures
An ode to the Dalit singer Bant Singh explores the beauty and bloodiness of Punjab
Is writing a memoir worth the sacrifice, the self-shaming, the self-aggrandising?
This celebration of Indian birds is a treasure chest that might even kick-start a lifelong passion in readers