Shehan Karunatilaka: ‘The state will come after the defenceless’ ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ is on the Booker Prize 2022 shortlist.
A passage to Japan The author’s gift is to walk through the doors of other people’s homes and discover their inner lives.
Old plot, new yarn The author has chosen to revive the century-old Bhawal case, interweaving facts with fiction.
A rereading of Kerala modernity The mongraph revisits the all-encompassing influence of the Left but also lays bare its weaknesses.
The fragment in history It seeks to foreground the unextraordinary, neglected pieces of evidence in the history writing of early India.
The South Tyrol modelA.G. NOORANISouth Tyrol: A Minority conflict of the Twentieth Century by Rolf Steininger; Transaction Publishers; pages 171, $24.95.
An unsafe world: Bush unbound?A.G. NOORANIYe gods, it doth amaze me,/ A man of such a feeble temper should/ So get the start of the majestic world,/ and bear the palm alone.
The seizure of nuke facilitiesA.G. NOORANIGEORGE FRIEDMAN, who set up Stratfor, a private intelligence agency, in 1996, would have us believe that: "In late December, when it appeared that Ind
The Kashmiri mindA.G. NOORANIHistory is the most dangerous product evolved from the chemistry of the intellect. Its properties are well known. It causes dreams; it intoxicates who
The BJP's psyche and the bombA.G. NOORANIEngaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy and the Bomb by Strobe Talbott, Penguin, Viking; pages 268, Rs.395.
The Muslim as terroristA.G. NOORANIHAVE you noticed the striking affinities in the world view of the American Right, the Israeli Establishment and the Sangh Parivar of India? If not, pl
War on Iraq: an international crimeA.G. NOORANITHE United States' attack on Iraq in 2003, along with Britain and a few other accomplices, was a war of aggression; conceived in malice and executed i
Rebuff to VajpayeeIN Plan of Attack Bob Woodward reveals a move by Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee: "In Washington the next day, Monday, March 17, Condoleezza Rice was on
Discipline and decision-makingA.G. NOORANINOBODY in or outside the government talks about the National Security Council or the National Security Advisory Board. The Council was set up with muc
The nuclear equationA.G. NOORANISOONER or later India and Pakistan will have to come to an understanding on the fundamentals of a relationship, which assures security for both. Conve
Journalists and powerA.G. NOORANIIN India, interest in issues of freedom of the press waxes and wanes. Reassuring outburst of outrage at gross violations are followed by indifference
In tune with traditionS. VISWANATHANONE of the striking features of Tamil language and literature, which has a rich and almost unbroken history that spans over 2,000 years, is that even
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
