Wahhabism is transforming Indo-Islamic civilisation. A scholarly yet accessible essay collection analyses the interface between West and South Asian Islam.
Hermetically sealed disciplinary rigour is passe, says this book. Liberal arts-science college education has to embrace other fields, while tending to its roots.
Angry fires raged across Tamil Nadu when the SC banned Jallikattu. This account tries to find out the reasons for this spontaneous outpouring of raw emotion.
An excellent history of the Supreme Court celebrates its prestige, analyses its judgements and deplores the ease with which its decisions can be bypassed
Autonomy, or ‘svaraj’, in content/direction of political theory can’t be based on Western models, nor can the past provide it. Plunging into reality can.
In this evocatively written tale of a girl growing up, concrete reality slips out of reach, yet is all the more believable, leaving some lingering questions
Not fearless, but not fearful—Perumal Murugan’s scathing gaze alights on himself, nature and still life to evoke the rankness of the hounded artist’s life
