'Thinking with Ghalib' by Anjum Altaf and Amit Basole reinterprets 30 of Ghalib’s couplets. Its essential purpose is to make the reader think with Ghalib. And the very soul of Ghalib’s poetry is doubt.

The JNU professor was known to encourage his students to read widely to grasp what is happening in and to the discipline, a characteristic of his own research.

Straying from her familiar world of fiction, the former Indian Foreign Service officer's book offers an authentic look into her life as a diplomat, mother and founding member of the AAP.

The intensely researched work, which came before the current politicised antagonism towards the Mughals, 'Mughal Samrat Akbar Aur Sanskrit' is a unique volume.

The 'vikas' plank has failed and Hindutva is looking frayed, so what will be the strategy for 2024?

In his new book 'Kabir, Kabir', Purushottam Agrawal makes a strong case for bringing the great cultural vibrancy of vernacular wisdom centre stage to explore the idea of India.

While 'Studies in Thought, Polity and Economy of Medieval India 1000-1500' covers themes on Delhi Sultanate era, 'Researches in Medieval Archaeology' talks about various constructions carried during Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq era.

The call by some Muslim leaders and organisations will play straight into the hands of the Hindutva organisations. 

Manimugdha Sharma's innovative and charming narrative style is not something that the discipline of history is used to.

Amita Kanekar's book focuses not on the failure of the Satnami revolt, but on the fact that even failed rebellions leave an impact.

The most developed form of democracy thus far is the practice of regular multi-party “free and fair” elections. But elections are mostly contested around individuals, the very antithesis of democracy.

Rahul’s (and the Gandhis’) departure from the Congress might spur it out of its lethargy.

The notion that God is one entity with different names in India is Kabir's singular legacy – one the Hindutva camp is now trying to demolish.

The major episodes in the 'Man With the White Beard' are the massacres of the most common – helpless Sikhs in Delhi in 1984, the Muslims in Gujarat in 2002 and Christians in Kandhamal in Odisha in 2007 for being Sikh, Muslim and Christian.

For the nth time, both the ruling party and the opposition are being reminded that Indian voters are not to be taken for granted.

Purushottam Agrawal's 'Padmavat' stands out as a profound challenge to much received wisdom.

Stephen Dale's biography of the Timurid prince and Mughal emperor brings alive both the day-to-day traumas and triumphs, some victories and many defeats of a remarkable life as well as the core of the man – his persona. 

Will the opposition take up the big challenge facing India's cultural and social fabric?

The growing loss of faith in the prime minister arises from the same source from which faith had been generated: his self-centredness.