Standing Alone in Mecca:
A pilgrimage into the heart of Islam
by Asra Q Nomani
Harper Collins, 2007
Asra Q Nomani's Standing Alone in Mecca is at once
India's Politics:
A view from the backbench
by Bimal Jalan
Penguin/Viking, 2007
William Fulbright's notion of expressing differences in a democracy as a matter of
Kashmir Pending
by Naseer Ahmed and Saurabh Singh
Phantomville, 2007
There is a new 'phenomenon' currently doing the rounds with book lovers in India. It is apparently called
Contrary to the impression created by the reaction of an obviously unnerved regime in Islamabad, independent military analyst Ayesha Siddiqa's recent book, Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's
A unitary, democratic and progressive Indian state was by no means pre-determined by its colonial legacy. At the time of Independence in August 1947, there had been nearly a year
Review Parsing the Indian 'identity' By : Aditya Adhikari
The Indians: Portrait of a people
by Sudhir and Katharina Kakar
Penguin Books, 2007
In current academic and intellectual circles,
Planet India:
How the fastest growing democracy is transforming America and the world
by Mira Kamdar
In 2004, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance went before the electorate with the
It is difficult to tear oneself away from the covers of Ramesh Menon's two-volume English translation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. The colours are bright, and the design
The existing public healthcare systems in Southasian countries are largely the legacy of colonial administration. Despite the fact that these systems are now worn dangerously thin, they remain little changed.
Susurrus in the Skull
Rabindra K Swain
Authorspress, 2008
Even today, the situation surrounding English-language writing in Orissa is yet to progress beyond the scattered forays that were witnessed in
Dateline 1857:
Revolt against the Raj
by Rudrangshu Mukherjee & Pramod Kapoor
Roli Books, 2008
From one of the most well-informed historians of the 1857 uprisings comes a lush picture
Review Fluid dynamics: A prediction for the 24th century These are warning signs, the end of the world is nigh.
– Kavita Pai, Turbulence
Sarai Reader 06:Turbulence
edited by Monica
