An extraordinary election

Monday 13 May '13

In Pakistan, a readjustment of institutional equations, even a balancing

Mind Your Language

Sunday 12 May '13

What does spelling say about you?

Why We Read What We Do

Sunday 28 April '13

Granta''s list of the best 20 young British writers has some fine answers, in these 'unreaderly times''

Searching for a new measure

Thursday 25 April '13

Gayle's knock was spectacular. But was it exceptional?

Under the Ballot

Sunday 14 April '13

History runs as an undercurrent through Iran''s elections

Chronicler of the vanishing moment

Friday 5 April '13

Jhabvala's fiction was persistently conscious of location

Dropped catch

Friday 29 March '13

By making Chennai a no-Sri Lankan zone, IPL has failed the game

City on the Move

Sunday 31 March '13

A new book urges you to walk down familiar roads and see them afresh.

The rise of the microplayers

Saturday 16 March '13

Their assertiveness is challenging the ability of politicians to address domestic and global crises

Talking Heads

Sunday 17 March '13

Two writers reveal their personalities through letter writing.

A Disappearance in Laos

Sunday 3 March '13

Colin Cotterill''s crime novels depict a Laos unseen in tourist brochures.

The Chepauk spin

Thursday 28 February '13

Ashwin-Harbhajan-Jadeja''s 20-wicket haul rectifies an imbalance in cricket

Wrestling with exclusion

Tuesday 19 February '13

India''s sports administration must prepare for the IOC''s September meet and make common cause with furious federations in wrestling''s great and diverse arc

The Everlasting Moment

Sunday 3 February '13

Carol Shields''s ability to capture the arc of human life remains unmatched.

Batting for the women

Thursday 31 January '13

The Women''s World Cup is a reminder that equality in sport is a work in progress

Chasing the novel in Jaipur

Saturday 26 January '13

Online booksellers and e-readers are redefining the business, reviewers are debating their own mission. How do you meet new books in these times?

Commercial Successes

Saturday 19 January '13

In Three Merchants of Bombay, Lakshmi Subramanian captures the transformation of the city''s business forefathers from adventurous traders to gentlemen-capitalists

Poles Apart

Sunday 20 January '13

While the Antarctic provides a vision of a better world, the Arctic is where our past and our present are catching up with us.

Cinema can''t pass the buck

Saturday 12 January '13

It will reflect reality. But in the manner it does so, it has the power to both legitimise and critique

Columnised

Sunday 6 January '13

Nora Ephron''s new edition of essays questions the high-minded notions of good journalism.

The change icon

Monday 31 December '12

Maybe, instead of thinking of her as 'she'' the everywoman, we could think of her as 'she'' the moment. She made us pause, take stock

A walk to remember

Sunday 23 December '12

Another year is coming to an end, and it is a time to wander to plan journeys that are, that can be or even those that are intended to be undertaken while sitting still in our armchairs.

What do MPs do?

Saturday 22 December '12

The 'when'' MPs move into office, the 'why'' MPs demand answers of the executive. The Question Hour is key to nurturing the 'why'' people

Why can''t India bear to lose?

Tuesday 11 December '12

We persist in viewing international cricket as a contest between 11 Indians and a wall

Save the Hand

Sunday 9 December '12

Studying for an examination in college, I was called aside by a teacher and told that all that diligence could well come to nothing for me unless I got my handwriting sorted out.