Books
Tagore Haunted by Depression
Bhattacharya attributes the bard’s chronic loneliness to “disappointment with the support he received from his people.
Experiments With Gandhi
Even the most uncharitable reading of Mahatma Gandhi’s life and works would discount any possibility that Gandhi had sexual liaisons, much less homosexual ones, after 1906. Only fabricated and dishonest interpretations can — and have.
Unlocking the Brain’s Secrets
Washington Post reporter Shankar Vedantam’s book The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elects Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives, (Random House, 2010, $26) was
Almost Single, But Most Eligible
I tolerate my job, hate my boss, and bond big time with my friends, while routinely suffering from umbilical cord whiplash.
How Indian Is Indian Writing In English?
What is it that makes the most talented of India’s literary geniuses steer clear of Indian shores to settle down in foreign lands?
'Indians Are Privately Smart And Publicly Dumb'
In his book Games Indians Play: Why We Are the Way We Are, V. Raghunathan writes about a farmer whose corn won top awards year
Review of Pomegranate Dreams
Pomegranate Dreams and Other Stories By Vijay Lakshmi Soft cover, 230 pages Indialog Publications
Elegant and Dignified Arguments
The single great gift of Amartya Sen's book The Argumentative Indian is the perfect symbiosis of substance and style.