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
Last lines: Clive James
Fans of Clive James cherished his poetry as much as his other accomplishments. This is an excerpt from Ian Shircore’s new biography, “So Brightly at the Last”, the first full-length study of the man and his muse
The BBC must be saved from itself
Our national broadcaster is on course for financial self-destruction and viewers no longer trust it to be impartial. Boris must rescue it
A hunger for the truth
A film about the the Holodomor’s exposure should prompt debate on the famine-denialist Walter Duranty