Ranajit Guha, India’s oldest living historian, starts his 100th year with a dazzling legacy

Guha, who retired from teaching in 1988 but didn’t stop writing, is one of the most influential south Asian historians today.

Somak Mukherjee

· May 23, 2022 · 08:30 am

Missing the World Cup? Here’s what some of the world’s finest authors wrote about football

“I quickly learned that the ball never came to you where you expected it. This helped me in life, above all in the metropolis.”

Somak Mukherjee

· Jul 21, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Zadie Smith’s new book proves that some novelists can be engaging essayists too

‘Feel Free’, Zadie Smith’s second book of essays, shows astonishing range but offers a consistent conversation.

Somak Mukherjee

· Mar 22, 2018 · 08:30 am

Legendary essayist Susan Sontag’s short fiction unlocks a different, intimate self of the writer

All of the scholar and critic’s short stories have now been brought together in one volume.

Somak Mukherjee

· Dec 30, 2017 · 08:30 am