Indraprastha

Lahore Calling

A novel that overturns the hierarchies of contemporary upper-class Pakistani society

The Parable of a True Muslim

Through candid and spirited letters to his sons, a father addresses the issues that haunt Islam today

The Ideological Threat of Islam

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Islam’s most daring heretic, argues for a war on Islamist missionaries

The Making of Modern China: Return to Mao

The Cultural Revolution in China

Home Alone

There is more to Rajiv Malhotra’s latest book on Sanskrit than the usual Pollock pickle

How the Book Has Become a Museum Piece—for Its Own Good

Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s Memoir: Dialogue is Destiny

Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s magisterial memoir further underlines the truth that the consolidation of India’s own nationhood depends crucially on our being able to look on Pakistan as a friend and neighbour, not as a threat and an enemy

A New Chronicler of 1947

The author of Partition’s latest retelling retrieves the details and lesser-known stories of the Subcontinent’s big divide

High altitude drama

An intimate political history of India’s 22nd state that makes one reassess the scarcely questioned project of nation building