‘I am shaken, but not crushed’ The India of his boyhood dream is under fearsome assault, but Rajmohan Gandhi isn’t giving up hope.
Writing Partition: A violent birth Literature documented the lasting psychological effects of Partition like no official record can.
Scripting a cultural continuum What does the Sahitya Akademi mean to ordinary Indians, readers, and writers today?
India at 75 - Fiction Beacons that light up the path to understanding post-Independence Indian literature.
India at 75 - Non-fiction Pivotal books that shaped the course of India’s cultural and intellectual life.
Digitisation and oil industry M.P. Sukumaran Nair A must read for the academic and industrial practitioners in the oil and gas industry.
Book Review: K.A. Nizami's "Ehd-e-Wusta ki Dilli" traces six centuries of Delhi as a cultural capitalShafey KidwaiA fine translation of K.A. Nizami’s Urdu book, “Ehd-e-Wusta ki Dilli”, which chronicles the history and culture of Delhi across six centuries.
The 'free access' debateR. RAMACHANDRANOpen access to scientific journals is beneficial to scholars and has wide support as a concept, but it needs viable revenue models and great commitmen
Gender inequity Marginalisation of women and the social exclusion discourseShafey KidwaiThe book makes a sincere attempt to identify the predicament of suppressed women who find themselves in a quagmire of ordeal set up by the majoritaria
THREATENED ECOSYSTEMS Book review: Urgent need for conservation action to save India’s habitatsLyla BavadamComprehensive and thought-provoking essays dealing with the state of India’s wilderness and wildlife and the conservation strategies under way.
Fresh perspectives on medieval Deccan historyVikhar Ahmed SayeedTwo recent books, which focus on the Deccan Sultanates of the 16th and 17th centuries, and which chart the connections between the Deccan and Iran, se
Review Essay A counsel par excellence A.G. Noorani A biography that holds lessons for lawyers of today. At a time when unbridled power holds sway in India, Eardley Norton’s words, written a century ago
On wildlife and ecosystems Colourful descriptions of nature Shekhar SinghA collection of essays on wildlife and ecosystems with wonderful facts and inspiring prose.
Migrant workers The Asian workforce in the Gulf Cooperation Council countriesK.P. FabianThe essays deal with a variety of policies and issues affecting the migrant workforce in the GCC countries.
Growth and inequality C.T. KurienThis festschrift celebrates the work of Prof R. Radhakrishna in development economics through essays that deal with lopsided growth and its consequenc
Pages from a diplomat’s lifeK.P. FabianPascal Alan Nazareth’s autobiography is a riveting account of the life and times of a distinguished diplomat equally at home in philosophy, art and li
Introduction Eardley Norton’s introduction to a compilation of laws affecting people’s liberties from 1780 to 1919.
Behemoth studios in the era of pan-Indian films Yash Raj Films used to set trends, not follow them. Can it turn the tide?
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
