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Make Room for Disrespect

Is literature above politics? Are the responsibilities of poets and novelists limited to their art, or must...  

The Rough Guide to Reporting

Anjan Sundaram chucked up Yale and a lucrative career for the civil war in the Congo. He’s...  

Caste and Corruption

After independence, the strings of the executive, legislature and the judiciary were in the hands of the...  

The Misogynist’s Toolkit?

Pleasure in our ancient classics appears to be a male preserve  

‘It’s through imperfection and chaos that creativity and rebirth emerge’

Sanjoy Roy talks to Sunaina Kumar about the challenges of providing a platform for free speech in...  

Is literature above politics?

Are the responsibilities of poets and novelists limited to their art, or must they be a voice...  

‘Secular historians have to see religious texts in human terms’

'If you are a historian, you are going to presume that religious texts are of human...  

‘Elements in each religion nourish violence’

'There are elements within each religion that nourish some kind of violence'  

‘We have to learn from each other, or we are doomed’

'The word 'sharia' to a Muslim is the right thing to do by God, and that is...  

‘You have to translate religious language into ‘secularese’

'In a way, you have to translate this religious transcendental language into what I would call ‘secularese’...  

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