A domestic worker versus India’s Aadhaar system: Who will win this unequal battle?

‘Karno’s Daughter’ explores the life of a maid in Kolkata, a trapeze act with no safety net beneath her.

Rimli Sengupta

· Jun 22, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Punta Arenas: Did you know of the Chilean town where a Sindhi man set up a business outpost in 1905?

An excerpt from Nandita Haksar’s book on travels around Antarctica.

Nandita Haksar

· Jun 22, 2018 · 08:30 am

Political killings in Kerala: The violence between the Left and the Right began over 70 years ago

An excerpt from journalist Ullekh NP’s book about the bloodshed and murders between political forces in Kannur.

Ullekh NP

· Jun 21, 2018 · 05:30 pm

When Jayalalithaa tried to bribe journalists with Aristocrat suitcases (and other corrupt tales)

In a new book, journalist P Raman looks back on extraordinary episodes from his decades-long career.

P Raman

· Jun 21, 2018 · 08:30 am

A mighty kingdom wages war on nomadic forest dwellers in this novel set in 120 CE

It falls upon one woman to broker peace between the city of Virinara and the Gontu people in Usha Alexander’s novel about love, war and myth.

Usha Alexander

· Jun 20, 2018 · 05:30 pm

‘Teflon-coated leader’: Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first BJP PM to be branded above the party

An excerpt from ‘Shades of Saffron’ by journalist Saba Naqvi who has reported on the BJP for two decades.

Saba Naqvi

· Jun 20, 2018 · 08:30 am

How SD Burman missed out on a Filmfare Award for his greatest soundtrack ‘Guide’

Edited excerpts from a new biography of the celebrated music composer reveal the background maneuvering that denied ‘Guide’ its glory.

Anirudha Bhattacharjee

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Balaji Vittal

· Jun 19, 2018 · 07:30 pm

The curious history of prohibition (and alcohol consumption) in Pakistan

An excerpt from journalist Nadeem Farooq Paracha’s new collection of essays on Pakistani culture and history.

Nadeem F Paracha

· Jun 19, 2018 · 08:30 am

Indira Gandhi’s conscience keeper? ‘I could not become a ‘keeper’ of something which did not exist’

Extracts from a new biography of the former prime minister’s close aide, PN Haksar, who has been called her ‘moral and ideological compass from 1967 to 1972’.

Jairam Ramesh

· Jun 18, 2018 · 08:30 am

Hundreds of schoolchildren were killed in the Soweto uprising in 1976. A YA novel retells the story

On June 16, 1976, police opened fire on black students protesting language imposition in South Africa. Arushi Raina’s novel imagines the buildup to the tragedy.

Arushi Raina

· Jun 16, 2018 · 05:30 pm

How the US managed the presence of 200,000 soldiers in India in World War II with dynamic propaganda

America needed to foster sympathy for its troops in India while steering them clear of the country’s politics, Srinath Raghavan writes in a new book.

Srinath Raghavan

· Jun 15, 2018 · 08:30 am

‘The President is Missing’: What Bill Clinton writes when he (co-)writes a thriller

An excerpt from a book written by the former US President and bestselling author James Patterson.

Bill Clinton

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James Patterson

· Jun 14, 2018 · 06:30 pm