After the Panama Papers: How to dismantle tax havens (and bring justice to 99 per cent of the world)

Book excerpt: The inside story from the two journalists who received the leaked data.

Bastian Obermayer

 & 

Frederik Obermaier

· Jun 27, 2016 · 08:30 am

How the map of Jammu and Kashmir could have been significantly different today

Had India not accepted the cease-fire of 1948, much of the land that’s with Pakistan and China today may have been with India.

Arjun Subramaniam

· Jun 26, 2016 · 08:30 am

What you can learn from a bonesetter with a BUMS (yes, really) degree

An excerpt from a book that tracks practitioners of traditional forms of medicine – in modern day India.

Aarathi Prasad

· Jun 25, 2016 · 12:30 pm

Is this how a Jihadi Jane is made?

Fiction excerpt: What makes Ameena and Jamilla go from being teenage students in England to fighting for the IS in Syria?

Tabish Khair

· Jun 24, 2016 · 08:30 am

‘A True Liar’: A short story about a man who lied when awake and told the truth in his sleep

An excerpt from a book of short stories set in the fictional town of Karuthupuza, a la Malgudi.

Manu Bhattathiri

· Jun 23, 2016 · 08:30 am

Malayalam writer KR Meera writes explosively, and her new novel is no exception

Book excerpt: In ‘The Gospel of Yudas’, a former Naxalite carries a secret that won’t let him accept a lover.

KR Meera

· Jun 18, 2016 · 12:30 pm

Was the displacement of Pandits a greater tragedy than the displacement of Dalits?

Those who accuse people of forgetting the first conveniently forget the second themselves.

Gopal Guru

· Jun 15, 2016 · 08:30 am

Billionaires can be both good and bad. Ruchir Sharma shows how to tell them apart

Book excerpt: How, in an impermanent world, can we predict which nations are most likely to rise, and which to fall?

Ruchir Sharma

· Jun 14, 2016 · 08:30 am

And now, how about a good old-fashioned romance from Pakistan’s top soap writer?

Book excerpt: Zainab is shattered when her fiancé Shiraz dumps her. This is what happened earlier.

Umera Ahmed

· Jun 12, 2016 · 08:30 am

How everyone – the state, corporations, and even some ‘Maoists’ – gains from Maoist insurgency

Book excerpt: an enquiry into the roles of the different players in the battle between Adivasis, Maoist rebels, corrupt bureaucrats and hungry corporations.

Rohit Prasad

· Jun 10, 2016 · 08:30 am

Is this the most gruesome murder in Indian crime fiction?

Book excerpt: a detective is horrified when he discovers the method, because he knows the killer who uses this technique.

Bhaskar Chattopadhyay

· Jun 09, 2016 · 08:30 am

The day Patna's Super 30 became the magic destination for students trying to enter the IITs

How did Anand Kumar achieve an extraordinary 100% success rate at his free coaching institute?

Biju Mathew

· Jun 07, 2016 · 08:30 am