In his latest book, Gandhi; The Years That Changed The World 1914-1948, Ramachandra Guha looks once more at one of the most revered and most controversial figures in modern Indian ... Read more
In his latest book, Gandhi; The Years That Changed The World 1914-1948, Ramachandra Guha looks once more at one of the most revered and most controversial figures in modern Indian history. Here, he discusses why Gandhi continues to be relevant. Read more
Growing anti-rationalism and hatred led to the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. Here, Chidanand Rajghatta, author of Gauri Lankesh and the Age of Unreason, talks about growing u ... Read more
Growing anti-rationalism and hatred led to the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. Here, Chidanand Rajghatta, author of Gauri Lankesh and the Age of Unreason, talks about growing up in the era of Mandal and Masjid and the roots of the illiberalism that's threatening to engulf India. Read more
Saba Naqvi’s eminently readable ‘Shades of Saffron’ combines straight reportage and in-depth analysis to present real insights into the rise of the BJP, which she has been covering ... Read more
Saba Naqvi’s eminently readable ‘Shades of Saffron’ combines straight reportage and in-depth analysis to present real insights into the rise of the BJP, which she has been covering since 1997. A first-person account of events as they happened that also goes deeper to examine the nature of our complex society, this book includes fascinating nuggets of information and great anecdotes too. Here, Naqvi talks about being a liberal Muslim woman journalist covering the BJP since the 1990s, about her tryst with gaumutra soap, and about such politicians as Vajpayee, Pramod Mahajan and Narendra Modi, whom she sees as a “solitary figure”. Read more
The author talks about the dynamic empresses, queens and begums of the Mughal Empire, who are the subject of her eminently readable new book. Read more
The author talks about the dynamic empresses, queens and begums of the Mughal Empire, who are the subject of her eminently readable new book. Read more
