Books

Zadie and the Art of the Essay

Mitali Saran

Funny, relaxed and red blooded, Zadie Smith shows she’s much more than just a novelist.

Striking Back at the Empire

Hartosh Singh Bal

Pavan Varma believes the liberation of our colonised mind requires us to learn from our ancient past. But did the past he envisages ever exist?

This Master’s Voice

Aresh Shirali

Why Keynes reigns. And why that’s no reason to adopt his economics lazily.

Samsung Sahitya

Avantika Bhuyan

The Samsung Tagore Literature Awards, announced in New Delhi on 25 January, have sent shockwaves in the world of literature.

Age of Free Love

YL Prasad

Excerpts from YL Prasad’s Draupadi, which has got rightwing knickers in a twist.

‘I Owe No Apology to Anyone’

Anil Budur Lulla

 Author Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad takes on allegations of perversion in depicting Draupadi, and also reveals that his new work will revolve around Krishna’s wife, Satyabhama.

Interrupted Faith

Saaz Aggarwal

Ayaan Hirsi Ali once supported the fatwa on Salman Rushdie. Today, she believes that the notion that the US is attacking Islam is a conspiracy theory.