In ‘Fractured Freedom’, Communist Kobad Ghandy writes about the 10 years he spent in the prisons of Delhi, Hyderabad, Patiala, Visakhapatnam, Hazaribagh and Surat on terror charges.
In ‘Her Right to Equality’, Tara Krishnaswamy writes on efforts needed to create a gender-balanced Parliament and politics in India.
In ‘Wild and Wilful’, Neha Sinha writes that the re-wilding of the barren Yamuna Biodiversity Park was so successful that an apex predator walked in — only to be removed for ‘its own safety’.
In ‘Untranquil Recollections’, economist and freedom fighter Rehman Sobhan writes about the challenges faced by the newly independent Bangladesh in the early years.
In ‘The Execution of Bhagat Singh’, Satvinder Singh Juss writes how Bhagat Singh’s hanging was ‘one of the bloodiest deeds ever undertaken by the British Labour Government’.
In ‘Karunanidhi: A Life’, A.S. Panneerselvan writes about Muthuvel Karunanidhi, the man who became a metaphor for modern Tamil Nadu.
In ‘All Roads Lead North’, Amish Raj Mulmi writes that the Gyirong–Kathmandu train has been in China-Nepal talks for over a decade. But who will it really help?
In ‘Dead Men Tell Tales’, Dr B. Umadathan — also known as Kerala’s Sherlock Holmes —wrote about his years as a forensic surgeon uncovering the most interesting cases.
In ‘The Republic Of Hindutva’, Badri Narayan writes that the RSS is like the tip of an iceberg, exerting its influence much beyond what is visible.
In ‘The Law of Force’, Thomas Hansen writes that violence has now become a completely routinised part of political life in India.
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