‘Shadows at Noon’ by Joya Chatterji review
Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century by Joya Chatterji is a gently revisionist account of an enduring, if ever-tottering, democracy.
Pratinav Anil
Treason of the Clerics
For 600 years Muslims held sway over the Indian subcontinent. Then democracy and a desultory leadership did them in.
‘Guru to the World’ by Ruth Harris review
Guru to the World: The Life and Legacy of Vivekananda by Ruth Harris uncovers the Hindu guru’s life of epiphanies and contradictions.
War Orgasms
Assessing the Churchill balance sheet.
Billiard Balls
What were Indian nationalists thinking?
Zoroastrian Zeligs
Questioning the powerful Tata dynasty’s claims for a ‘different kind of capitalism’.