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Macbeth: Out, Out, Brief Candle!

MJ Akbar

Macbeth is the drama of ambition rising from the ash of ethics. We live today in a different age from Macbeth and the king he betrayed and assassinated

Shakespeare: The Play’s the Thing

He understands the personal better than a shrink and the political better than a pundit. He explains it all better than a sage. An Open celebration of the world’s greatest storyteller

Memory Is a Dark Hole

A haunting mystery set in East Europe and an anodyne addition to Scandinavian noir

William Dalrymple: Picture This

William Dalrymple was a keen photographer before he became an author. The cell phone has returned him to that abandoned love.

The Legend of Sharmila

And the dynamics of Manipur

The Himalayan Quest

The spiritual picaresque of a seeker

Dateline Rwanda

A journalist brilliantly uses his craft to make sense of a post-genocide society where mass denial is a way of life

Sunil Khilnani: Past Master

Sunil Khilnani explores the idea of India through the profiles of fifty Indians who shaped history

The Age of Genius

The tumult of the 17th century led to a breakdown of systems but also to greater freedom and even greater innovation

Feluda@50: Forever Hero

Essays by Feluda fans on their affection for Satyajit Ray’s enduring detective

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