‘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.
India’s lost chance Pallavi DekaThis contemplative work explores the history of the north-eastern region, its relationship with the Centre and India’s missed opportunity to set up an
Book review: Making of India’s northeastern regionKaustubh DekaAt the present time this book comes as an important pointer to how the region could have been, and still can be, better envisioned, as one of shared p
Dialogic study of Muslim womenShafey KidwaiThis anthology of articles combines analytical sensibility with academic rigour to provide fresh insight into the historical and current status of wom
Medieval monarchVikhar Ahmed SayeedA compelling and compact biography of Krishnadevaraya, widely recognised as the greatest ruler of the Vijayanagara empire.
Democracy from belowShaikh Mujibur RehmanA comprehensive book, based on extensive fieldwork, that explores the complex relationships which India’s poor have with democracy and its institution
Musical journeysSuhrid Sankar ChattopadhyayThrough the prism of music, the writer subtly paints a picture of the sociocultural life of Kolkata down the years. A book for all lovers of music.
Animal quirksAathira PerincherySome of the most fascinating stories about animal behaviour and the science behind it told with panache.
Invaluable memories C.S. VenkiteswaranThe economist Prof. M.A. Oommen’s autobiography is an intimate account of personal experiences and also has interesting insights into the social histo
Reclaiming the public sectorC.T. KurienA comprehensive book on the evolution, transformation and continuing role of nationalised enterprises in India.
The life and afterlife of Safdar Hashmi Kaustubh NaikBeginning at the moment of his death, this book moves on to capture the iconic story of Hashmi’s life and the city that formed the milieu of his work.
Enlightenment and its discontentsShelley WaliaTracing the history of human civilisation as a dialectical struggle between rational and irrational thought, this book makes a compelling case for the
Social media and democracy M. Shuaib Mohamed Haneef The book is a primer on understanding the intersections between democracy, politics, deception and technological developments.
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
