"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
directed by Tim Supple
sponsored by the British Council
If in 2006 Vishal Bharadwaj transported "Othello" into the brown badlands
Gang Leader for a Day: A rogue sociologist takes to the streets
by Sudhir Venkates
Penguin Press, 2008
American sociology has the tendency to take cover behind government-produced numbers.
The realm of family law inherently carries with it a huge burden of history, given that it essentially covers interpersonal relationships within a family unit, and the influence this has
Subordinate Ally:
The nuclear deal and Indo-US strategic relations
by Prakash Karat
LeftWord, 2007
The nuclear deal between India and the US is part and parcel of a wide-
Southasian newspapers today carry more articles on environmental issues than they ever have before. Perhaps they are forced to do so. There is now relatively indisputable evidence of global warming,
Deborah Rodriguez's book, a high tale of determination, challenge, love and heartache, could easily be fiction. It is not. The Kabul Beauty School is the true story of
In a society where hagiography is the norm, one approaches with trepidation a book proclaiming to be an account of the contributions of a single individual to the sphere of
Feryal Ali Gauhar's new novel is an unmitigated tale of horror – bestial fact stacked upon bestial fact, evoking revulsion and nausea. The book's jacket claims that
The first epigraph to Amitava Kumar's Home Products is as good an introduction to the book as any: "An intelligent man cannot turn himself into anything, only
Despite the hype over the US-led 'war on terror', overwhelming global concern continues to be centred on poverty. The persistence of poverty in large parts of the
History is a slaughterhouse
– G W F Hegel
But for the suppression of Communist International documents from the post-Lenin years, the subsequent series of splits and divisions among the
