Indian politics

What does it mean to be Muslim in India? What does it mean to look like one’s religion? Does one’s faith determine how one is perceived? Is there a secular ideal one is supposed to live up to? Can people of different faiths have a shared culture, a shared identity?

Liberty After Freedom explores the origins of what is today considered the most important fundamental right in the Indian Constitution – the right to life and personal liberty guaranteed by Article 21. Written in lucid prose and drawing extensively on the Constituent Assembly debates as well as a wide array

Kashmir has been considered one of the longest-running and most intractable conflicts of the modern world. How does one make sense of the issue and look to the future? Informed by a field expert’s astute perspective, this is a comprehensive and up-to-date account of Kashmir from an army man who

Vishwanath Pratap Singh, India’s seventh Prime Minister, struck Indian politics with the force of a tornado. Primarily remembered for implementing the recommendations of the Mandal Commission report, which provided reservations in Central government services for the first time to the Other Backward Classes, he deserves a place in history for

Told through the experiences of ‘Arjun’ – author Ashok Chakravarti’s alias during his time as part of an underground movement against the Emergency, The Struggle Within reveals Arjun’s own struggle about his identity, and how he realizes he can give his life meaning by contributing to the greater social good.