Books

Blood Flower

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Journalist Gretchen Peters follows the drug and terror money flowing out of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the UAE and finds Dawood Ibrahim at the heart of it. An extract from her book

Kurukshetra 2009

TR Vivek

Gurcharan Das is convinced the Mahabharata holds relevance even today. He uses the epic to understand modern day issues such as the Ambani row and Satyam scandal

A Fresh Look

TR Vivek

Gurcharan Das on his new book, and how Krishna only levels the playing field in the Kurukshetra War

Chasing a War

Rahul Jayaram

In his latest book, Imtiaz Gul gives a view of Al-Qaeda from within Pakistan. He speaks of tension within the terror group, and how India bungled a chance for peace in Kashmir

The Facebook Bait

Sohini Chattopadhyay

The biggest of ideas can emerge from the smallest of desires. In the case of Facebook, it was about a geek who wanted to be popular with the girls.

The ‘If Only’ History of India

Hartosh Singh Bal

Jaswant Singh cites Gokhale to sell Jinnah as ‘an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity’. So, Hitler was a painter, right?

Subcontinental Drift

Rahul Jayaram

Is your dominant image of Bangladesh floods and immigrants? Well, here’s another one from Shazia Omar’s debut novel: youth and drugs

Grunge in Bangladesh

Arindam Mukherjee

This debut novel gives you a kick. A quick one

Iron Lady of Manipur

Shivam Vij

Irom Sharmila believes a book has power. She’s right, the story of her life does carry the power to torment our conscience.

Che and the Art of Revolution

Rahul Pandita

Behind the burning eyes of Che Guevara on a million T-shirts is a fearless, determined man who once killed a horse to eat it. This is him, in his own words