The struggles and failures of liberalism are not religion-specific
The Uphaar tragedy highlights the Indian habit of regularising exceptional illegality
Arshia Sattar’s version of the Ramayana’s final book raises questions on Rama’s actions
Adrian Levy & Cathrine Scott-Clark | Wendy Doniger | Michel Pastoureau | Pankaj Mishra | Arundhati Roy | Paula Hawkins | Paul Auster | Hari Kunzru | Amit Chaudhuri | George Saunders | JRR Tolkien
From the architecture of the gene to the oral histories of men and women in the former USSR, this year’s best books reveal what it is to be human