Kunal Basu’s new novel pits parents and children against each other in a brutally bifurcated country

‘In an Ideal World’ shows how today’s induced divisions can tear apart families.

Geeta Doctor

· Feb 12, 2022 · 08:30 am

Hilary Mantel’s latest in the Thomas Cromwell trilogy brings to life the ‘unbiographical’ Englishman

‘The Mirror and the Light’ is a fictonalised look into the final days of Henry VIII’s chief minister.

Janet Dickinson, The Conversation

· Mar 15, 2020 · 05:30 pm

The Mueller hearing proves that in a post-truth world, feelings have more weight than evidence

After the testimony, US media from both sides of the ideological divide cherry-picked facts catering to specific biases.

Lee McIntyre, The Conversation

· Jul 25, 2019 · 11:30 pm

The lynching of two men in Assam shows the power of rumours across India

Before the incident in Karbi Anglong, the bogey of the child snatcher travelled through several states, leaving a trail of violence.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Jun 13, 2018 · 07:30 am

From dissing Darwin to yogic farming: A short history of the BJP’s brush with pseudoscience

What happens when the country's top leaders peddle mumbo jumbo?

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jan 21, 2018 · 06:37 pm

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