Olivia Laing’s new book examines the idea of paradise. The author and cultural critic speaks about the pleasures of gardens, their hidden costs and the meaning of home
Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the radical in politics and a gradualist on social reform
Narendra Modi has redefined national freedom as cultural inheritance and civilisational memory
A whiff of Agatha Christie and Umberto Eco in intimate murderers
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Sopan Joshi’s encyclopaedic biography of the mango reveals why it is intrinsic to India. The author in conversation with
Ira Mukhoty uses alternative histories in her portrait of Awadh. She tells how the old Western point of view has become dated