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BOOK REVIEW: King of Kings (The Iranian Revolution, A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation)

By Scott Anderson. Random House, Canada. Hard cover, 512 pp. US$26.74

Sep 7 •

Where Do You Get Your Information?*

Certainly not the New York Public Library

Sep 5 •

Our Correspondent

The Lost World of Old Delhi’s Sunday Book Bazaar

By Kanupriya Dhingra, Cambridge University Press, India, Hardcover/Paperback/eBook, 120 pp., US$18

Aug 30

Books Under Siege in Kashmir

Government orders ban on 25 books on Kashmir dispute, history, and politics

Aug 12

London Art Shows Chase Wealthy Indian Collectors

Exhibition opens to coincide with Lords Test and Wimbledon

Jul 20

The Genius Myth: A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea

“Thinking of some people as innately special is dangerous”

Jul 13

BOOK REVIEW: Heart Lamp (Selected Stories)

By Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi. Published by And Other Stories (UK), Penguin Random House India (India). India: Paperback/Hardback, 224…

Jun 7

BOOK REVIEW: Lōal Kashmir (Love and Longing In a Torn Land)

By Mehak Jamal, Fourth Estate India, India, Hardcover, 364 pp. INR ₹599 (US$7.07)

May 4

Veteran Indian artist Arpita Singh stars in London’s Hyde Park

Two exhibitions track stresses and tensions in India and across South Asia

May 3

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