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The Doubting Believer

Madhulika Liddle

A portrait of India’s first woman anthropologist

Failing History

A defence of an excessively demonised Nehru cannot itself be a one-sided affair

Kraków: Living in a Metaphor

Like a well-crafted novel, Kraków reveals its secrets slowly, inviting repeated visits, rewarding careful attention. Sabin Iqbal gets into the city’s literary soul

A Patriot’s Pledge

Syeda Saiyidain Hameed’s memoir reveals the humanism of her life and work

Salt and Sand

The toils of the Agarias in the Rann of Kutch

Memories of a Fall

Hanif Kureishi transforms a personal calamity into high literature

The Ghost of Tipu Sultan Still Haunts India

Vikram Sampath puts the monarch of Mysore on trial

The Value of Values

Freedom alone can save America and the world

The London Connection

A new collection of essays shines a light on BR Ambedkar’s internationalism

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