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 monograph 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.
Dissent in IsraelA.G. NOORANIISRAEL's outrages against Palestinians rose just as the Bharatiya Janata Party government began wooing it. A firm relationship has been established, e
Ferment in Muslim thinkingA.G. NOORANITHE proceedings of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Kuala Lumpur provided a glimpse of the hurt and dismay in the Muslim psyche at Western per
Dalit struggle and a legendS. VISWANATHANThe Legend of Nandan: Nandan Kathai by Indira Parthasarathy, translated from the Tamil by C.T. Indra; Oxford University Press; pages 82, Rs.195.
Irish lessons for KashmirA.G. NOORANINO Irishman should read Irish history, an old saw went, but every Englishman should. So, one might add, should Indians and Pakistanis. Steeped in Iris
The BJP and the VHPA.G. NOORANIEVER since his appointment as supremo of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), on March 10, 2000, K.S. Sudarshan has led Prime Minister Atal Behari V
Has Shiv Sena a future?A.G. NOORANIThe Charisma of Direct Action: Power, Politics and the Shiv Sena by Julia M. Eckert; Oxford University Press; pages 307, Rs.595.
Our secrets in British archivesA.G. NOORANIROEDAD KHAN retired from the Civil Service of Pakistan after holding high positions under five Presidents. His keen interest in public affairs remains
Is Bush a Truman?A.G. NOORANIAnother Such Victory: President Truman and the Cold War 1945-1953 by Arnold A. Offner, Stanford University Press; pages 626, $37.95
An expose of BushA.G. NOORANI"IT is an infallible rule that a prince who is not wise himself cannot be well advised, unless by chance he leaves himself entirely in the hands of on
The betrayal of IndiaA. G. NOORANIPMO Diary-I: Prelude to the Emergency by B.N. Tandon; Konark; pages 567, Rs.800.
The mystique of archivesA. G. NOORANIThe White House & Pakistan: Secret Declassified Documents, 1969-1974; Selected and Edited by F.S. Aijazuddin; Oxford University Press; pages 659, Rs.7
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
