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A man at an intersection of identities

India, Oct. 11 -- While books by writers such as EM Forster and Rudyard Kipling continue to find readers, others who were once popular or controversial have drifted to the fringes of public attention.... Read More


Review: A Stranger in Three Worlds by Aubrey Menen

India, Oct. 11 -- Two decades separate the two memoirs collected in A Stranger in Three Worlds, which shows Aubrey Menen's gaze varying from simply clever to more reflective even as he remains steadfa... Read More


Arundhati Ghosh: "No love is easy - you just choose your kind of hardship"

India, Sept. 17 -- People who subscribe to conventional ideas of love might fantasise about finding 'the one' or having a grand wedding. In your life or in your conversations with other polyamorous pe... Read More


The Hindi belt and the evolution of the idea of India

India, Aug. 23 -- In The Hindi Heartland, Ghazala Wahab expounds on an area that comprises various states of north India even as she questions the very idea of it: "[The] diversity of the Hindi heartl... Read More


Review: The Hindi Heartland by Ghazala Wahab

India, Aug. 22 -- In The Hindi Heartland, Ghazala Wahab expounds on an area that comprises various states of north India even as she questions the very idea of it: "[The] diversity of the Hindi heartl... Read More


Review: Asia After Europe by Sugata Bose

India, Aug. 21 -- In college, a professor often went on diatribes against Eurocentrism, the practice of viewing the world through the lens of the hegemonic West. While he earnestly taught us the presc... Read More


Review: Learning to Make Tea for One by Andaleeb Wajid

India, Aug. 9 -- There are perhaps few emotions as universal, yet as little discussed, as grief. Although religions have built extensive rituals around death and mourning, they are not as preoccupied ... Read More


Vivek Nityananda: "It's important to listen to dissenting voices"

India, Aug. 1 -- You have written many papers on insect behaviour, such as on how praying mantises detect prey. Could you talk about your research and its potential applications? In my work on insect... Read More