Terror attacks

Towers of Babel

Sudeep Paul

From Islam to jihad to portraits of the mastermind, a select 9/11 bibliography

The Bright Spark

Nandini Nair

Megha Majumdar’s debut novel, about a terrorist attack, deals with the big questions of contemporary India with a light hand

Veiled Response

Madhavankutty Pillai

The Sri Lankan ban on face coverings gives the terrorists what they seek

As Sri Lankan investigators unpeel layers of Islamist radicalisation unleashed by one man, Mohammad Zahran Hashim, V Shoba follows the terror trail on an Island still reeling from the Easter Sunday attacks

The Bloodstained Cross

S Prasannarajan

The war on civilisation reaches Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Prayer After Horror

V Shoba

A report from ground zero

Rising from the Ashes

Sasanka Perera

We overcame once. We can do it again

A Sobering Moment

Frederica Jansz

Time for the Sri Lankan government to hold its majoritarian instincts in check

Modi’s Tryst With Militarism

PR Ramesh and Siddharth Singh

The Balakot air strikes, which are paying electoral dividends now, were a result of Modi’s clear comprehension of public anger and a new nationalism forged after the Kargil War