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True Lives

From the messiness of relationships to patriotic revolutionaries to mafia queens

The Rustle of Arguments

Beloved fiction writers turn to nonfiction, celebrities turn into memoirists and historians travel in time

The Garden of Forking Paths

After two decades, Pankaj Mishra returns with a novel. Upamanyu Chatterjee makes his debut as a crime writer. Booker-winning authors Julian Barnes and Douglas Stuart release their much awaited novels

Old Fears and New Hopes

The Indian economy is in a stronger position today to manage the consequences of a third wave of Covid

Catharsis In Qatar

The FIFA World Cup in the Gulf nation will mark a spectacular finale to the year

A High Wind In the Himalayas

India’s strategic planning must take into account not only the changes thrown into relief by the pandemic but also the interconnectedness of global crises

Forecast 2022

First State of the Union

The fate of Modi’s vision for India hangs on the outcome of the Uttar Pradesh elections