Conspiracy of theories

Sunday 19 May '13

Individuals and issues that are making and faking news

The gate that won''t close

Saturday 11 May '13

Forty years on, Watergate is still the reference point for scandal

Paradise Lust

Saturday 4 May '13

Wading through sex, lies and videos in Goa

Walking on Water

Sunday 21 April '13

Venice is a treat for those who enjoy history, Art and Getting lost in narrow passages.

Counter Blink

Saturday 20 April '13

On the importance of delayed actions and reactions

Sex and the City

Saturday 9 March '13

James Bond meets Ram Gopal Varma as Manil Suri closes off his trilogy

A Slippery Slope

Sunday 3 March '13

Dilip Bobb goes skiing in Gulmarg, and learns to take the highs with the lows.

Love in the time of war

Saturday 9 February '13

A novel that vividly brings out the human face of conflicts

The Rebel in Leicester

Saturday 22 December '12

A coming-of-age memoir about a man and a country

To Comma, or Not to Comma

Saturday 24 November '12

Zoo Story is a bawdy and unconvincing epitaph for all things literary

A Moral Tale

Saturday 13 October '12

Political and social tensions of Turkey come to light through the story of a family and a dwarf in Orhan Pamuk''s early book Silent House

Gangnam''s soft power

Saturday 13 October '12

The video''s success shows how traditional North-South patterns of cultural exchange are being upended

The Spy Who Romanced in the Cold

Saturday 8 September '12

Ian McEwan pulls off a love story amid the cultural cold war between the West and the Soviets

Irrigating History

Saturday 1 September '12

A fascinating, if fictionalised, account of Proby Cautley, the forgotten Englishman who made the Ganges Canal

The Great Game

Saturday 30 June '12

Cricket becomes a metaphor for courage in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

A leader like Suu Kyi

Tuesday 26 June '12

Her speech reminded us that the greatest modern political figures have supported non-violence

A Familiar Passage

Saturday 2 June '12

Shashi Deshpande returns to fragile family relationships

Pomp and Circumstance

Saturday 19 May '12

The durbar photographs offer more than a lavish spectacle. They intend to celebrate the empire

IPL''s hidden attraction

Wednesday 18 April '12

It''s sweaty, the timings are inconvenient, the teams have hardly any local players. But every IPL match sees huge crowds and wildly extrovert behaviour. What gives?

Darkness in the City

Saturday 7 April '12

The grit and gamble of life in Mumbai

The Man and the Sea

Saturday 24 March '12

Looking at Hemingway''s life and loves from the deck of his boat Pilar

Salman Rushdie's satanic Versus

Wednesday 21 March '12

If you want a slightly better-looking version of Gaddafi you might cast Imran Khan, says Rushdie.

What the Dickens!

Monday 13 February '12

Two hundred years after his birth, a salute to the man who created some of the most iconic novels and characters in English literature.

What''s wrong with life-sized?

Saturday 21 January '12

India specialises in idol worship despite all their flaws, we deify our cricketers, movie stars and politicians

An e-book for Christmas?

Thursday 22 December '11

The e-reader may eventually win, but it kills the ritual of gifting a book