This memoir recounts a string of mental illnesses in physical form, brought on by childhood abuse

An excerpt from ‘it’s all in your head, m,’ by Manjiri Indurkar.

Manjiri Indurkar

· 9 hours ago

This novel imagines the life of Krishna before he became the master strategist of the Mahabharata

An excerpt from ‘The Cowherd Prince’, by Krishna Udayasankar, the ‘prequel’ to her Aryavarta series of novels.

Krishna Udayasankar

· 18 hours ago

Jean Drèze on why Amartya Sen is the original ‘argumentative Indian par excellence’

‘Abstract as they may seem, his essential ideas are a springboard for public action’: Jean Drèze’s foreword to Lawrence Hamilton’s ‘How To Read Amartya Sen’.

Jean Drèze

· Oct 25, 2020 · 05:30 pm

In Pakistan’s restive Baloch region, encounters with classical poetry, Doris Day and Tagore

Journalist Declan Walsh recounts meeting Nawab Akbar Bugti, the renowned leader of the Baloch insurgency.

Declan Walsh

· Oct 23, 2020 · 08:30 am

‘That was creepy!’ Ten-year-old Bhrigu and his father run into a mysterious old man and a crow

An excerpt from animator and filmmaker Soumitra Ranade’s illustrated children’s adventure.

Soumitra Ranade

· Oct 22, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Has viral capitalism met its match in the viral pandemic?

An excerpt from ‘The Fury of Covid-19: The Politics, Histories, and Unrequited Love of the Coronavirus’, by Vinay Lal.

Vinay Lal

· Oct 21, 2020 · 08:30 am

Memoir: How a ‘British bootlicker’ became involved with Gandhian thought and Indian politics

Excerpts from renowned economist Devaki Jain’s autobiography about life in colonial India.

Devaki Jain

· Oct 20, 2020 · 08:30 am

Udayan Mukherjee’s new book is a collection of short stories set in the time of the pandemic

An excerpt from ‘Essential Items: And Other Tales From A Land In Lockdown’.

Udayan Mukherjee

· Oct 19, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Hotelier Keshav Suri on the historic Section 377 judgement: ‘No one could make us ashamed any more’

Excerpts from an anthology on the impact of the law on sex, sexuality and gender.

Keshav Suri

· Oct 15, 2020 · 05:30 pm

These stories capture the horrors and uncertainties of 1984 through Sikh eyes around the world

An excerpt from the eponymous short story from ‘Night of the Restless Spirits: Stories from 1984’, by Sarbpreet Singh.

Sarbpreet Singh

· Oct 12, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Watt a feat: How women in a slum in Ahmedabad adopted energy-efficient practices

Excerpts from an account of the efforts of the Mahila Sewa Trust to empower economically backword women in Indian cities and improve their access to housing.

Renana Jhabvala

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Bijal Brahmbhatt

· Oct 08, 2020 · 05:30 pm

The pandemic made this writer live briefly with her younger self (and the books they share)

Arshia Sattar’s essay, excerpted with permission from ‘And We Came Outside and Saw the Stars Again’, edited by Ilan Stavans.

Arshia Sattar

· Oct 07, 2020 · 05:30 pm