Justice AP Shah: Why the Supreme Court’s judgement on Aadhaar is flawed

In the foreword of a new book on Aadhaar, the former chief justice of the Delhi High Court writes about how the identity system is ‘an instrument of exclusion’.

AP Shah

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

Shame and displacement lead to an unexpected end in this short story from an all-women anthology

A short story from ‘May We Borrow Your Country’, an anthology of writing by The Whole Kahani, a collective of British women of South Asian origin.

Reshma Ruia

· Jan 21, 2019 · 05:30 pm

The eternal story of the Rani of Jhansi gets a new treatment in this novel

The story of the life and times of Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, is being filmed as ‘Manikarnika’.

Moupia Basu

· Jan 21, 2019 · 08:30 am

Satyajit Ray said ‘Villains bore me’, but he had quite a few of them in his films

Edited excerpts from a book-length analysis of the key actors and character types in Satyajit Ray’s films reveal the darkness lining the noble and the romantic.

Amitava Nag

· Jan 20, 2019 · 10:30 am

Are the healing powers of the Ganga a matter of blind faith or science?

The water appears to have the ability to kill harmful bacteria, writes Sudipta Sen in a new book on the pasts and present of the Ganga river.

Sudipta Sen

· Jan 18, 2019 · 08:30 am

Neel Patel’s stories bring fresh possibilities of the imagination to being Indian in America

An excerpt from a book of short stories about Indian immigrants and their children in the US that does not just tread familiar ground.

Neel Patel

· Jan 17, 2019 · 05:30 pm

How a young man hacked the Mumbai Police website, became notorious, and got caught

An excerpt from ‘The Anatomy Of A Sting’, journalist Bhupen Patel’s accounts of his undercover operations.

Bhupen Patel

· Jan 17, 2019 · 08:30 am

A bitter parting: The turbulent period after Partition when the RBI acted as Pakistan’s central bank

In a book on the Reserve Bank of India, economist Rahul Bajoria writes why the Pakistan government prematurely ended its relationship with the central bank.

Rahul Bajoria

· Jan 16, 2019 · 08:30 am

In ‘Cut’, a theatre director charged with sedition finds new popularity after his death

Sreemoyee Piu Kundu’s new novel dwells on art, activism and the costs that they come with.

Sreemoyee Piu Kundu

· Jan 15, 2019 · 05:30 pm

How an Indian took shampooing to England

The therapeutic massage introduced by Dean Mahomet, also known as Sake Dean Mohamed, became wildly popular.

Anu Kumar

· Jan 15, 2019 · 10:02 am

Memories of the Battle of Kohima blend with the realities of present-day Nagaland in this novel

An excerpt from Easterine Kire’s new novel, ‘A Respectable Woman’.

Easterine Kire

· Jan 15, 2019 · 08:30 am

Muzaffarnagar killings: In his new book, Harsh Mander writes on the betrayals of secular parties

‘The role of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government and of other parties that claim to be “secular” require much closer investigations.’

Harsh Mander

· Jan 14, 2019 · 05:30 pm