Kate Brittlebank
Srirangapattana’s zenana might have housed 333 women, but Tipu Sultan was an affectionate family man and a just king
PV Narasimha Rao, one of India’s most misunderstood prime ministers, finally gets a biography he deserves
Cancer physician and researcher Siddhartha Murkherjee highlights the importance of tenderness in scientific inquiry and the many meanings of ‘normal’
Activist Lindy West speaks out against a culture where bigness is seen as a moral failing
The frailties and fantasies of this Man Booker shortlisted novel make it a quiet classic
Manjushree Thapa creates a breathtaking landscape that can be both hostile and affectionate towards the people who bustle in and out
KR Meera’s new novella is born of an early fascination with Naxalism and freedom
Rediscovering Alexander von Humboldt, the 19th century scientist and humanist who first understood the web of life