Why ‘Exodus’, Leon Uris’s epic novel of Israel, is not what the country has turned out to be

The novel and the movie contributed to mythologising the Israeli fighter as an indomitable hero.

Mohan Guruswamy

· Jul 12, 2017 · 08:30 am

Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ is here in our lives, and not just as a TV show

While we weren’t looking, the book became our reality.

Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

· May 14, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Can you spot the Nanavati murder case in these Salman Rushdie and Indra Sinha novels?

Thrown in some facts, garnish with a lot of fiction, and sprinkle some magical realism.

Anvar Alikhan

· May 13, 2017 · 10:00 am

Yoga isn’t an all-Hindu tradition – it has Buddhist, even Sufi, influences

Two scholars dipped into 100 texts, and found that yoga is not as culturally homogenous as the Right Wing makes it out to be.

Malini Nair

· Jan 27, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Why the Coast Guard official’s admission in the ‘terror boat’ case could change the entire story

The remarks only add more questions to the murky episode.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Feb 18, 2015 · 03:04 pm