Madhusree Mukerjee
Love in the time of development
Pankaj Sekhsaria’s new novel about the Andaman islands turns real life into compelling prose.
Apr 06, 2016
The 13 men from Subalpur
Sonia Faleiro's book on the Birbhum gang rape is riddled with inconsistencies and contradictions.
Jul 10, 2015
A rotten core
M V Ramana’s book dissects India’s nuclear-power lobby to expose its lies and deceit.
Aug 26, 2013
The imperial roots of hunger
From the British Raj to today, the dictates of global markets still deny millions in India the opportunity to feed themselves.
Apr 20, 2013
To live free
A new book exposes the myths behind India's 'growth miracle', and looks for ways out of the ecological and social devastation of the current neoliberal model.
Jan 22, 2013
Doublethinking famine
George Orwell's potent rejection of censorship originated with the conflict between his wartime experience as propagandist to the Empire and his conviction that colonialism was responsible for hunger in British India.
Jan 29, 2011
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