Books

Lacking a sense of the particular, Villainy is set adrift on a sea of caricatures

Anand Vardhan
From rich data to dispassionate analysis, Nalin Mehta’s The New BJP is a work of empirical ambition

Nalin Mehta’s The New BJP is a work of empirical ambition

NL Interview: Amitava Kumar on fiction writing, fake news, and politics today

NL Interview: Amitava Kumar on fiction writing, fake news, and politics today

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NL Interview: Vanita Kohli-Khandekar on business of news media, the need for not-for-profit journalism

NL Interview: Vanita Kohli-Khandekar on the business of news media

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NL Interview: Kalki Koechlin on motherhood, her new book, and why it’s not hard to offend people

NL Interview: Kalki Koechlin on motherhood, her new book, and why it’s not hard to offend people

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NL Interview: Vivan Marwaha on millennials in India and the influence of news and media on them

NL Interview: Vivan Marwaha on millennials in India and the influence of news and media on them

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NL Interview: Mohamed Thaver on his book ‘In Plain Sight’ and being a crime reporter in Mumbai

Mohamed Thaver on his book ‘In Plain Sight’ and being a crime reporter

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

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

Anand Vardhan
NL Interview: Ashok Lavasa on his book An Ordinary Life and being an election commissioner in India

Ashok Lavasa on his book 'An Ordinary Life' and being an election commissioner

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NL Interview: Shivam Shankar Singh and Anand Venkatanarayanan on alternate realities and their new book

NL Interview: Shivam Shankar Singh and Anand Venkatanarayanan on alternate realities and their new book

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The Silent Coup: How a private company used Punjab police as goons for hire

How a private company used Punjab police as goons for hire

NL Team
NL Interview: Krish Ashok on Masala Lab, food and writing about food

NL Interview: Krish Ashok on Masala Lab, food and writing about food

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

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

Anand Vardhan
NL Interview: Abhishek Saha on his book and Assam’s NRC crisis

NL Interview: Abhishek Saha on his book and Assam’s NRC crisis

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Is India’s power elite really who you think it is?

Is India’s power elite really who you think it is?

Anand Vardhan
NL Interview: AS Bhasin on his latest book and the trials of researching the 1962 Sino-Indian War

NL Interview: AS Bhasin on his latest book and the trials of researching the 1962 Sino-Indian War

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NL Interview: Kabir Bedi on his autobiography, interviewing the Beatles, and cinema culture

NL Interview: Kabir Bedi on his life, cinema culture, and the Beatles

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NL Interview: Devdutt Pattanaik on Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha

NL Interview: Devdutt Pattanaik on Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha

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

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

Anand Vardhan
NL Interview: Vanita Kohli-Khandekar on business of news media, the need for not-for-profit journalism

NL Interview: Vanita Kohli-Khandekar on the business of news media

NL Team
NL Interview: Kalki Koechlin on motherhood, her new book, and why it’s not hard to offend people

NL Interview: Kalki Koechlin on motherhood, her new book, and why it’s not hard to offend people

NL Team
NL Interview: Vivan Marwaha on millennials in India and the influence of news and media on them

NL Interview: Vivan Marwaha on millennials in India and the influence of news and media on them

NL Team
NL Interview: Mohamed Thaver on his book ‘In Plain Sight’ and being a crime reporter in Mumbai

Mohamed Thaver on his book ‘In Plain Sight’ and being a crime reporter

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

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

Anand Vardhan
NL Interview: Ashok Lavasa on his book An Ordinary Life and being an election commissioner in India

Ashok Lavasa on his book 'An Ordinary Life' and being an election commissioner

NL Team
NL Interview: Shivam Shankar Singh and Anand Venkatanarayanan on alternate realities and their new book

NL Interview: Shivam Shankar Singh and Anand Venkatanarayanan on alternate realities and their new book

NL Team
The Silent Coup: How a private company used Punjab police as goons for hire

How a private company used Punjab police as goons for hire

NL Team
NL Interview: Krish Ashok on Masala Lab, food and writing about food

NL Interview: Krish Ashok on Masala Lab, food and writing about food

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

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

Anand Vardhan
NL Interview: Abhishek Saha on his book and Assam’s NRC crisis

NL Interview: Abhishek Saha on his book and Assam’s NRC crisis

NL Team
Is India’s power elite really who you think it is?

Is India’s power elite really who you think it is?

Anand Vardhan
NL Interview: AS Bhasin on his latest book and the trials of researching the 1962 Sino-Indian War

NL Interview: AS Bhasin on his latest book and the trials of researching the 1962 Sino-Indian War

NL Team
NL Interview: Kabir Bedi on his autobiography, interviewing the Beatles, and cinema culture

NL Interview: Kabir Bedi on his life, cinema culture, and the Beatles

NL Team
NL Interview: Devdutt Pattanaik on Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha

NL Interview: Devdutt Pattanaik on Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha

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

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

Anand Vardhan