Books Rebels Against the Raj: A morality tale for Modi’s nationalist India A new history of the Westerners who fought with Gandhi to free India from British rule has lessons for the present. By Soumya Bhattacharya
World Delusion and denial: Why India’s tentative Covid-19 recovery is a false dawn By Soumya Bhattacharya
World Soumya Bhattacharya’s Diary: An emotional homecoming and one of India’s greatest Test wins By Soumya Bhattacharya
Ramachandra Guha’s The Commonwealth of Cricket: a delightful sporting memoir Guha, one of India’s best-known historians and public intellectuals, is a bona fide cricket obsessive. By Soumya Bhattacharya
Soumya Bhattacharya’s Diary: India after lockdown, the shock of redundancy, and watching Arsenal Though Delhi is opening up again, it feels like a different city. The Indian capital seems to have mislaid its heart. By Soumya Bhattacharya
How should we mark the last hurrah for Sachin Tendulkar, India’s greatest sporting legend? Sachin Tendulkar is reported to have requested 500 tickets for friends and relatives for his final match before retirement. By Soumya Bhattacharya
When enough is enough Life in the teeming city is blighted by fear and anxiety. Even the latest Hindi blockbusters are pla By Soumya Bhattacharya
Mumbai massacre India has suffered what many are calling its 9/11. Here one of the country's leading journalists int By Soumya Bhattacharya