Books
Tribute to Sardar Patel, the ‘iron man’ who unified a fragmented India
In Sardar Patel: Unifier of Modern India, historian R.N.P. Singh presents a...
Book by MHA officer reveals how UPA manufactured Hindu terror narrative
CBI sat on requests for evidence against Dawood as political quarters, in Chidambaram’s time, were against providing any. Hindu...
When did the mainstream appropriate Philip Roth?
Novelist Philip Roth, who died at the age of 85 last week, was considered a giant of American letters. But...
Krishna was India’s unsung unifier
A salient aspect of Krishna Rajya is its emphasis on the need for a strong, centralised state, but one based...
Writers who treat English as an Indian language
There was a time when Indian writers regarded the English language with suspicion or post-colonial contempt. But today, English is...
‘Georgian London was a global hub, full of new things & ideas’
Author Imogen Hermes Gowar, whose debut novel, The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock, is getting rave reviews in Britain and has...
Tandoor Murder is about peerless police work
The Tandoor Murder by Maxwell Pereira Publisher: Westland Books Price: Rs 599 Pages: 290 There have been scores of books...
‘Lazy minds often confuse mythology with history’
In this interview with Latha Srinivasan, author Devdutt Pattanaik talks about the central role mythologies play in shaping societies, and...
‘I raised my voice because secularism was under threat’
Acclaimed writer taslima Nasrin speaks to Latha Srinivasan about her views on feminism, secualrism, free speech and democracy—subjects she continues...
