The Man and the Ideal

The Historian’s Eye

Romila Thapar provides a nonjudgmental cultural perspective on China

Breaking Barriers

Gautam Bhatia's debut novel is an argument between faith and reason

The Rustle of Ideas

The art of everything personal and political

Masters and Subversives

From Orhan Pamuk’s plague novel to Kazuo Ishiguro’s love story, from Jhumpa Lahiri’s first Italian novel to Jeet Thayil’s feminist testament

Who Is an Indian?

Being and belonging according to Shashi Tharoor

Memory Keeper

The shadow of insurgency in the Northeast

A Feminist Life

The unconventional journey of a liberated Muslim woman in the early 20th century

The Public Archaeologist

In this account of MN Deshpande, the late iconic chief of ASI, Nayanjot Lahiri surpasses her own high standards in history writing

Dharma Forest