Tulasi Srinivas

In the novel Nights at the Circus, set at the end of the 19th century in Western Europe, Angela Carter writes: ‘In a secular age an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax in order to gain credit in the world’ (1994: 16). Carter’s novel, which follows a colourful group of characters travelling from.


Reviewed by: Ankur Datta
Leslie Xavier

A friend, who trained at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, once reminisced about an interesting tussle he had at the academy nets. A right-handed batsman, he was receiving hard lessons on the perils of spin bowling. He began with a cover.


Reviewed by: Leslie Xavier
Bidyut Mohanty

Bidyut Mahanty’s Lakshmi the Rebel: Culture, Economy and Women’s Agency is an  attempt to examine the status of women in society by exploring the links between history, political economy, culture and region in India. The uncertainties and the complexities of the narratives.


Reviewed by: Bijayalaxmi Nanda
Zorawar Daulet Singh

Zorawar Daulet Singh has made a very impressive intervention into the historiography of Indian foreign relations in the Cold War. His close historical study of the diplomacy of both Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi reveals profound differences.


Reviewed by: Anton Harder
T.V. Paul

A veritable explosion in books offering China-India comparisons is a sign of the times. The two Asian giants offer strong similarities and contrasts, which belies an approximate 5-to-1 difference in the size of their economies.


Reviewed by: Kishan S Rana