Acharya Atre and the Joy of Life
A doyen of Marathi literature speaks about his life.
Indira by Katherine Frank
On India's most consequential person.
The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells
The facts are alarming. Let's look at the facts.
Half-Lion by Vinay Sitapati
On a forgotten Prime Minister.
Spider Woman by Lady Hale
On the memoir of the first female president of the UK Supreme Court.
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
A review of the French classic.
‘The Rule of Law’ by Tom Bingham
A summary of the struggle against arbitrariness.
Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell Trilogy
Blood and lust in 16th century England.
‘Long Walk to Freedom’ by Nelson Mandela
The memoir of a legend.
Nine Lives of Pakistan by Declan Walsh
Where lives are nasty, brutish and short.