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Don’t Look Back

Chatura Rao

Breaking free of the Kumaoni Brahmin rulebook

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

The symbolism of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The Myth of Islamic Exceptionalism

The struggles and failures of liberalism are not religion-specific

Masala Mix

Nasir Husain and the sociology of entertainment

Terror on Rails

Unravelling the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case

Future is Fabulous

Thomas Friedman makes a strong case for digital technologies

Lessons Unlearnt

The Uphaar tragedy highlights the Indian habit of regularising exceptional illegality

Found in Translation

Arshia Sattar’s version of the Ramayana’s final book raises questions on Rama’s actions

Books: Highlights of 2017

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

Books: Best of 2016

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

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