The BJP, with its insistence on the purity of Hindu Rashtra, would sadly reduce the soaring generosity of their founding vision to the petty bigotry of majoritarian chauvinism.
There's a lot here—dysfunctional Muslims, the magic of numbers, psychotic depression. But terrorism? No.
The media would do well to heed political and world events than affaires d’amour
Nayantara Sahgal’s biography of Nehru is uncritical, yet thought-provoking and fresh
Intense cricketing rivalry can make for good matches. But India and Pakistan paint it over with politics.
This fluent first novel set in trouble-torn Kashmir impresses with its mature prose, but in its one-sided imagining of recent history and political reality comes close to being agitprop
A brilliant first novel on cricket in Lanka is quirky and profound. It also revives the metaphor of sport as life.
A timely study of India’s foreign policy: exhaustive, empathetic yet critical of a lack of strategic vision
A satire on the iniquities and inequalities of Pakistan empathises with its characters, but weakens at the end
A tale of innocence, greed, guile and idealism told in awkward English rings vividly true. Bhagat’s novel will be read by lakhs; that’s his claim to serious consideration.
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