independence

What we talk about when we talk about Nehru
History / Commentary
What we talk about when we talk about Nehru
Taylor C Sherman
Saffronising Ambedkar: Why the Sangh portrays Ambedkar as anti-communist and anti-Muslim
Politics / Essay
Saffronising Ambedkar: Why the Sangh portrays Ambedkar as anti-communist and anti-Muslim
Anand Teltumbde
History / Books What a critical biography—still unwritten—of Thomas Babington Macaulay would tell us about ourselves Aseem Shrivastava
History / Commentary The Question of Who Truly Freed India Vishwa Nath
History / Essay When Paris Met the Mahatma: A look back at Gandhi’s visit to the City of Light, and the complex confrontation between his philosophy and European modernity Mira Kamdar
Literature / Essay A stellar new biography captures the storm and stress of Gandhi’s operatic struggles, with himself and with India Ananya Vajpeyi
History / Essay After 100 years as India’s capital, what forces are shaping the city’s development today? Nayanjot Lahiri