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The Illuminated sets out to decode India’s political zeitgeist, ends up caricaturing it

Anand Vardhan

How a private company used Punjab police as goons for hire

Gangster State offers an insider view of a party worker’s disillusionment with CPIM in Bengal

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JP to BJP: Santosh Singh’s book suffers from a lack of thematic coherence

Anand Vardhan

The Longest Kiss: Devika Rani’s unusual story mirrors formative years of Bombay's film industry and its elite mores

Anand Vardhan

Operation West End and its aftermath: An edited excerpt from Madhu Trehan's 'Tehelka as Metaphor'

Madhu Trehan

Megha Majumdar's debut novel fails to capture the complexity of Indian reality

Anand Vardhan

The chaotic case of President's Rule: An extraordinary battle in the high court of Nainital

NL Team

Tales from Tihar: Why Afzal Guru didn’t get a last wish, how Jessica Lal’s killer had jail officials eating out of his hand

NL Team

‘A combination of lyricism and humour’: What this year’s JCB Prize for Literature offers

NL Team

JP to BJP: Santosh Singh’s book suffers from a lack of thematic coherence

Anand Vardhan

The Longest Kiss: Devika Rani’s unusual story mirrors formative years of Bombay's film industry and its elite mores

Anand Vardhan

Operation West End and its aftermath: An edited excerpt from Madhu Trehan's 'Tehelka as Metaphor'

Madhu Trehan

Megha Majumdar's debut novel fails to capture the complexity of Indian reality

Anand Vardhan

The chaotic case of President's Rule: An extraordinary battle in the high court of Nainital

NL Team

Tales from Tihar: Why Afzal Guru didn’t get a last wish, how Jessica Lal’s killer had jail officials eating out of his hand

NL Team

‘A combination of lyricism and humour’: What this year’s JCB Prize for Literature offers

NL Team