The murky events of Kashmir’s 1995 hostage crisis are well-documented in a new book, but still defy closure.
Pankaj Mishra’s look at intellectual history gives Asia’s tradition of anti-imperialist thought a pre-history.
Shashi Tharoor's book on foreign policy treads old ground.
Enduring mysteries surround a 6th century Tamil poet-saint and her work.
Contemporary Bollywood films seem to travel through borders and generations with an uncanny ease. Writings on the journey, however, are not as effortless.
Mukul Sharma’s take on Hindutva’s influence on environmentalism ignores the remarkable hybrid nature of India’s ecological movement.
A blinkered look at the future of US involvement in Afghanistan and Pakistan continues to place hope in those who have failed so far.
A new book justifies Kashmiri secession, but the scholarly appraisal ignores the full complexity of the crisis.
Women and wombs during, and following, the Liberation War.
Review of an apolitical biopic on Aung San Suu Kyi.
Review of Arshad Alam's 'Inside a Madrasa: Knowledge, power and Islamic identity in India'
Review of the film 'The Dirty Picture'.
