Banu Mushtaq’s anthology “Heart Lamp” won the 2025 International Booker Prize.

Today, the incel culture has permeated across societies.

There once was a time when dictators were responsible for the deaths of millions of people.

There was something—deeply etched in me—that made me dislike Arundhati Roy.

In one of the chapters of Han Kang’s Human Acts, a character, who had been jailed and tortured, asks: ‘Is it true that human beings are fundamentally cruel?

Since Narendra Modi’s right-wing Hindu nationalist party swept to power in 2014, India has gradually become a minimum democracy.

In The Jakarta Method, Vincent Bevins examines the role the United States played in regime change and the mass extermination of communists.

notes on Zinsser's tips for writing a non-fiction

In one of the chapters of Han Kang’s Human Acts, one of the characters, who had been jailed and tortured, asks: ‘Is it true that human beings are

There is a moment in American Psycho when Patrick Bateman realizes that the rules do not apply to him. Not because he has outsmarted the system, and not because the system has collapsed, but becaus…

Trump has annihilated the idea of charisma. The new leader is not above us. He’s on the screen in our hands. We...

Notes on Paul Graham’s essays on writing

a wrap-up of reading, writing, and PhD

a wrap-up of reading, writing, and PhD

a wrap-up of reading, writing, and PhD

Leaders try to focus on what comes next, as backing for ejection of Maduro mingles uncomfortably with voicing of support for international law

You may not wish to commit yourself ontologically to some thing called the ‘unconscious’, and you may reasonably...

In Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy opens her complicated, but honest, relationship with her mother, Mary Roy, or Mrs Roy.

In Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy opens her complicated, but honest, relationship with her mother, Mary Roy, or Mrs Roy.

You may not wish to commit yourself ontologically to some thing called the ‘unconscious’, and you may reasonably...

Deborah Levy’s 2016 Booker shortlisted novel Hot Milk is about Sofia Papastergiadis, a 25-or-so-year-old anthropologist-cum-barista, and her mother Rose, who

A Pale View of Hills a story narrated by Etsuko, a Japanese woman who had moved to rural England with her second husband.

on subtleties of reading a text

The Vegetarian by Han Kang defies all forms of social taboos and tackles social realities, expectations and choices, opening us up to a new future.

In this exceptional debut book, The Right to Sex, Amia Srinivasan argues that sexual entitlement is a symptom of patriarchal ideology.

In this exceptional debut book, The Right to Sex, Amia Srinivasan argues that sexual entitlement is a symptom of patriarchal ideology.

The Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya is a triangular-like structure newly constructed in recent years, just behind Nehru’s Prime Ministerial house.

The Vegetarian by Han Kang defies all forms of social taboos and tackles social realities, expectations and choices, opening us up to a new future.

E.H. Carr's lectures soon became published as a famous book, What is History?, which discussed and debated historical theories of his time.

E.H. Carr's lectures soon became published as a famous book, What is History?, which discussed and debated historical theories of his time.

E.H. Carr's lectures soon became published as a famous book, What is History?, which discussed and debated historical theories of his time.

In this tense, slow-burning storytelling, there are no villains. There are just multitudes that shape social relations. Rege’s characters are all deeply

In this tense, slow-burning storytelling, there are no villains. There are just multitudes that shape social relations. Rege’s characters are all deeply

In his essay, “The Politics of Assassination of Gandhi”, Ashis Nandy argues that Gandhian ideas posed a threat to the traditional Indian society.

In his essay, “The Politics of Assassination of Gandhi”, Ashis Nandy argues that Gandhian ideas posed a threat to the traditional Indian society.

on the subtleties of doing archival work

Abstract. This article investigates why Beijing’s South China Sea (SCS) policy has become predominantly coercive under Xi Jinping. It argues that an identi

In Banu Mushtaq’s "Heart Lamp", one encounters experiences of patriarchy, tradition, misogyny, and age-old customs.

In Banu Mushtaq’s "Heart Lamp", one encounters experiences of patriarchy, tradition, misogyny, and age-old customs.