Experience makes one wise, and it is wisdom, in the Tennysonnian sense, that lingers. After his long innings in government service, the second book written by the former Secretary for
It is the beginning of the Diwali weekend in Bombay, and the city is bright and festive. This time around, however, the excitement has to do not just with crackers,
Headlines from the Heartland:
Reinventing the Hindi public sphere
by Sevanti Ninan
Sage Publications, 2007
When the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), led by Mayawati, swept the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections
21 Under 40: New stories for a new generation
edited by Anita Roy
Zubaan, 2007
An anthology of short stories appeared earlier this year touting the courage of young Indian
Sexualities
edited by Nivedita Menon
Women Unlimited, 2007
Just before the start of the Seventh National Conference of Women's Movements, held in September last year in Calcutta, the
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
