Hinduism
Last Days Of India’s Empress
A biography of Indira Gandhi’s final years offers insights into a dark period of unmitigated corruption in Indian politics
The Hounding of M. F. Husain
India’s greatest living artist has been forced out of his home country by Hindu sectarian extremists
Power to the Spokespeople
‘Our statesmen and officials not only listen but actually pay money to people who threaten them’
Four Days of Terror in Mumbai
A city in the grip of rumour and recrimination—an eye-witness account of the jihadi attacks and their aftermath
ONLINE ONLY: South-East Asia: The Demons of Ignorance
Why Thailand and Cambodia are on the verge of an all-out shooting war
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics