Books
An Objective Narrative
Samanth Subramanian
An alternative history of the world told through objects—some seminal and others refreshingly ordinary
Fluorescent Ink
With five books from four publishers in recent months, gay writing has finally come to market. But these are not ‘coming out’ stories
A Gandhian’s Memories
How land meant for farmers displaced by Partition later housed the rich and powerful of Delhi, one of them being Indira Gandhi.
Literature Meets Copywriting
This World Cup, when the live action gets boring, turn to this slickly written tale of Sri Lankan politics told through the story of an elusive, fabled cricketer
The Tiger Mom Debate
A Yale professor’s tough-love parenting memoir has stirred up America, what with Ivy Leaguers backing the Chinese approach. A report from Yale
All-new Templates
As Indian graphic novels evolve, they are taking some unfamiliar, unIndian turns, if still to tell familiar stories
The Great Depression That Wasn’t
Why Liaquat Ahamed does not want his book on this grim phase of history overinterpreted
The Trouble with Sex
The most recent winner of the bad sex writing prize, Rowan Somerville, on the noun problem that plagues the art
The Genocidal War Hero
In conversation with a historian who blames Winston Churchill for the three million deaths in the Bengal famine
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