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The Haunting of History

Ullekh NP

Mario Vargas Llosa’s new novel, set in 1950s Guatemala, is a warning for our times

Lingering Shadows

The pathos and prowess of three recent poetry collections

Kunal Basu: Our Brave New Worlds

Kunal Basu’s latest novel explores the conflict between different versions of India

The Critical Insider

Writer and politician Javed Jabbar tells the tale of his tangled relations with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Benazir Bhutto

Friends or Foes?

Paul Staniland decodes government responses to armed groups

String Theory

The warp and weft of the Indian subcontinent

Life’s Longing for Itself

Sport and religion play out on the badminton court

‘Writing Is Somewhat a Masochistic Activity’

M Mukundan’s award-winning biography of a city reveals Delhi’s underbelly with compassion. The author tells Antara Raghavan why a river of sorrow runs beneath his stories

Dignity for All

The changing status of transgenders in India

The Rustle of Arguments

Beloved fiction writers turn to nonfiction, celebrities turn into memoirists and historians travel in time

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