The author of 'Staggering Forward: Narendra Modi and India’s Global Ambition' responds to Ravi Joshi’s review of his book
A search in Benares for Brahmins, the twice-born, leads to an encounter with a young member of the aristocracy of the mind
The new novel by Gary Shteyngart's Lake Success is more ouch-funny than ha-ha funny
The world of rebel violence is better understood through data and empirical studies than ideological concerns
The irony of Jamal Khashoggi’s dissent doesn’t minimise the tribal brutalism of the Kingdom