P. Sainath: ‘I wrote this book for the people in it’ In conversation with the journalist and author of The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom.
Tiger man, burning bright A fascinating omnibus edition of writings and documents connected to Jim Corbett’s life and work.
A strong dose A fascinating and authoritative book on the opaque structure of India’s drug regulations.
‘Crycrycrycry…’ This serves as a document and a testament, a creative intervention on a continuum of silencing.
Jagged notes A novel on sexual violence, this story goes beyond questions of victimisation or survival.
New books on the shelves Ghosts of the past, a detective story, a dispassionate account of the reservation policy, and more.
Water wiseR. UMA MAHESHWARIA timely and must-read volume presenting an overall scenario on water and conflicts over water.
Bhutto's treacheryA.G. NOORANI ZULFIKAR ALI BHUTTO was one of those persons who, however talented, were inherently incapable of being truthful. He was treacherous to India, his c
Nehru: Myth & legacyA.G. NOORANICOULD any of Jawaharlal Nehru's contemporaries in office as Prime Minister or any successor have written a note of quality on the relics of Huen Tsang
The realities behind retailingV. SRIDHARTHE question of whether to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indian retail trade is a fiercely contested and divisive one. Those lobbying in it
Making foreign policyA.G. NOORANIIt is an infallible rule that a prince who is not wise himself cannot be well advised... wise counsels, from whoever they come, must necessarily be du
Tamil Nadu's Dalit sagaC. T. KURIENDALITS - for long considered and treated as outcastes in a strictly caste-based social order, later attempted to be glorified as Harijans or people of
King Gyanendra & Henry VIIIA.G. NOORANITHE Indian Independence Act, 1947, enacted by the British Parliament, set up, by Section 1, two independent states, India and Pakistan. Section 6(2) e
Muslims of the WestA.G. NOORANITHESE books are of immense relevance to Muslims of India. The manner in which Muslims of the West shape their lives in a non-Muslim environment, in pe
History as prisonA.G. NOORANIShortly after he had left India, Mountbatten wrote to Nehru on August 15, 1948, warning him against going to war with Pakistan... . But even years lat
Congress and `nationalist' MuslimsA.G. NOORANIIT was not only Jinnah whom Gandhi and the Congress spurned. They spurned also Muslims within their own ranks. V.P. Menon noted: "Nationalist Muslims
Jinnah and PartitionA.G. NOORANIThe Century has given birth to a great epoch; but the great moment finds a petty generation.
The great Indian family A strict population control policy sounds good on paper, but it ignores sociological correlations.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
