Ira Mukhoty uses alternative histories in her portrait of Awadh. She tells how the old Western point of view has become dated
What is lost in Vikram Seth’s wonderful translation of Hanuman Chalisa is bhakti
Anita Desai returns after more than a decade with the story of a young woman in Mexico. She speaks about why writers are outsiders
How India Lost the Case on Tibet: Nehru ignored red flags, misread communist China and the implications for India’s security
A still relevant lesson on how to destroy democracy through democratic process