Madhav Khosla: By the Book

Ramachandra Guha: Free Thinker

He is a philosopher of free thought and an indispensable interpreter of modern India

Sunil Khilnani: Discovering India

He has once again established his credentials as a leading public intellectual with his book Incarnations: India in 50 Lives

The Second World War as India’s Other Freedom Struggle

India as the pivot of Asia’s security: Going to war with Srinath Raghavan

BR Ambedkar: Slayer of All Gods

He challenges the illusions about power and democracy, wealth and violence, Hinduism and tradition, nationalism and justice, and about all that metaphysical cant. He is the mirror in which we dare not look at ourselves. His presence is a constant reminder of our bad conscience and bad faith

125 Years of Babasaheb: Editor’s Note

We have made most of our heroes question-proof. We have made them private collections, labelled and indexed. Thoughts on Ambedkar’s 125th anniversary

Editor’s Note

To indulge in the brutality of turning one of the most sophisticated intellects in politics into a one-dimensional man is a crime against good taste

Let National Identity Prevail Over Constitutional Patriotism

An Indian History of Tolerance

Between the secular and the civilisational

BR Ambedkar: Uses of an Icon

Every party wants a slice of him six decades after his death. Ambedkar is bigger than the collective desperation of Ambedkarites