The journey of economists from university campuses to the White House

A collection of essays that champion reason over blind faith, science over superstition

A sharp critique, not only of the persistent realities of caste but also of the prevailing state of Dalit politics

The 2015 Chennai floods revisited through deeply personal accounts that indict an apathetic system

The legacy of Rajnath Singh and the impact he has had on Indian politics over decades.

An exhaustive account, also a timely reminder, of the history of RSS and its equation with democracy

The hoi polloi he dubs as the “masoor paavs”, those who gobble their masoor dal with smelly cut onions and suck the marrow from bones using their hands, rather than an elegant marrow spoon.

With each chapter, Jaswal peels away layers off her characters, and the story remains smooth despite being packed with unsuspecting jolts at short intervals.

The ethnic origins and socio-political arc of Balochistan are contextualised in this detailed account

An important book that situates Assamese identity within the politics of its times, then and now

An informed account of the Mahatma’s philosophy that avoids both hagiography and Gandhi-bashing

Anukriti Upadhyay manages to capture the different perspectives and spectrums of feminism in the book extremely well.

A little kasba and the pulsating milieu, personal narratives it can contain

Shah Alam Khan’s book is a wide, bleak sweep of India’s volatile socio-political landscape

The first competent biography retracing the elusive, enigmatic life of Udham Singh

Our story begins in New York City during this fleeting time of peace as America tries to look the other way and pretend that the world is not already on a course to irrevocably change the old order of things.

Vinod Kumar Shukla’s literary universe is lit up by a culture of slowness and shyness

How the first moon landing created our world

Despite the centrality of the question of privilege, Anand Bhawan, the Gandhi residence in Allahabad, was also the place where the most influential vision of India’s modernity — and socialism — was born

In the first debate on the nuclear deal, held in Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon Session of 2005 soon after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned to India, the party did not give me an opportunity to initiate the debate.

A poignant tale of social orders where caste murders the meanings of home, identity.

Beliefs are flexible according to political expediency. As Prime Minister in the late ’90s, Vajpayee had suspended the political belief of the 1970s. But beliefs have a survival instinct that sustains them in adversity.

“They revealed that many of the vials contained black particles, potentially deadly contaminants, and had failed visual inspection,” writes investigative journalist Katherine Eban about the incident in her latest book, Bottle of Lies.

Amar Bhushan, former special secretary of RAW, returns with another set of spy thrillers