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Five nations in South Asia go to the polls this year in an increasingly troubled milieu where there is a power struggle between India and China and a slide in democratic values across the region.
In this issue
26-01-2024
31 STORIES
Remembrances of repasts past
Peppered with recipes, Forgotten Foods spans a vast spectrum of Muslim cuisines and customs from across South Asia.
Rahul Verma
A.K. Ramanujan’s uncut gems
The 22 unpublished poems collected in Soma bristle with emotions and are best savoured on their own.
Arshia Sattar
Recording a visually spectacular Tamil theatre tradition
Hanne de Bruin’s Kattaikkuttu places the tradition within the context of larger Tamil theatre histories and influences, including Tamil cinema.
Gita Jayaraj
‘Literature has to retrieve spirituality from the clutches of religion’: Ashok Vajpeyi
The Hindi poet and public intellectual has been a fearless critic of all tyrannies, whether of ideologies, markets, or fundamentalists.
Ashutosh Bhardwaj
For the love of Urdu
Once a treasure trove of bookshops, the grand old Urdu Bazaar in the walled city of Delhi faces an existential crisis.
Mir Umar
When Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott test your patience
The Running Grave, the latest detective novel of Robert Galbraith, aka J.K. Rowling, is not good enough to justify its girth.
Aditya Sinha
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