Tragic divide SHUJAAT BUKHARI A well-researched book on the Partition of India, giving a month-by-month account of the tragedy as it unfolded in 1947.
Curzon’s warning “…I find a fundamental disagreement among the authorities quoted there as to the scope and nature of their aim. A ...
Prioritising the poor C.T. KURIEN Jean Dreze's collection of essays is a critical evaluation of the development agenda and performance of the States, ...
Border disputes A.G. NOORANI The book provides vital clues to understanding the situation in the Gulf region.
Rethinking motherhood MIHIR BHATTACHARYA A renowned feminist takes up arms against religious dogma, capitalist myths and nationalist patriarchy.
An envoy extraordinary A.G. NOORANI The past stays relevant, as the publication of the diaries of Ivan Maisky, who was the Soviet Ambassador to Britain from ...
Guerilla with a mobile phone SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY A book that frames the Lalgarh movement and Kishanji, its charismatic and controversial spearhead, in a historical ...
Perspectives on foreign policy K.P. FABIAN The essays by Professor Manohar Lal Sondhi, starting from 1965, are still relevant for scholars and the general public ...
Over breakfast, tea or dinner EXCERPTS from a nine-page essay on diplomacy in general, and on its peculiarities in England, by Ivan Maisky, published ...
Of rousing times & tunes “IF one tries to imagine some of the things happening in the world today, it seems to me that, mostly, prose is ...
Bin Laden, the inside story SHELLEY WALIA The book, backed by relentless research, brings out the actions that led to the killing of the Al Qaeda leader.
America’s crime A.G. NOORANI The book by a former senior leadership analyst with the CIA presents a different picture of Saddam Hussein which is in ...
Colonial continuity GAUTAM BHATIA The book offers an engaging blend of political history, legal history and constitutional doctrine in its treatment of ...
Kashmir myths SHUJAAT BUKHARI The book tries to counter the popular narrative about the history of Kashmir, Pandits and Muslims.
Fading footprints VASANTHA SURYA The well-researched articles in this volume look at the shrinking space for tribal rights from various vantage points.
Noteworthy effort SUDHA MAHALINGAM A candid and comprehensive chronicle of India’s power sector reforms since the mid 1990s, which also offers constructive ...
A heart and head for conservation S. GOPIKRISHNA WARRIER On Indira Gandhi’s unique ecological inheritance and her invaluable contributions as a political leader committed to ...
Interpreting India C.T. Kurien The volume provides a great deal of interpretative material on socialism, neoliberalism, nationalism, political ...
Revolutionaries with ribbons of sea-green SUSAN RAM The author takes us into the very tissue of contention, reconnecting us with the fire and passion of the English ...
Archiving an archivist C.S. VENKITESWARAN An anthology of P.K. Nair’s writings provides one a glimpse into the heart and mind of a diehard cinephile who was also ...
Theory unlimited SHONALEEKA KAUL The book is a cogent summation of the most influential modern theories that have grappled with and tried to explain the ...
The Army in Kashmir A.G. NOORANI A valuable first-hand account of the start of militancy in the Kashmir valley in 1988-89, showing how the Army’s ...
A poet as a translator SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYA William Radice made it his mission to restore Tagore’s poetry to its true place, “in its own true majesty and ...
