Amritesh Mukherjee

The book acts as a counter-archive against the colonial myth, still stubbornly alive, of an Islamic dark age liberated by the British

As the AI frenzy sweeps the globe and data centres multiply, consuming local water and power, who exactly is this new world being created for? That is the question at the heart of this book

There are two versions of Khalid here - the endlessly discussed activist and the rarely acknowledged scholar who spent years researching and writing

The first English voyages to India ended for want of knowledge of the sea routes

Myths are comforting because they ask nothing of us; history, on the other hand, asks everything - curiosity, rigour, discipline, the willingness to be wrong

Why the inventor of the internet is building a new web - and why he believes today's internet is not what he intended it to be

Talent is only ever half the equation; the other half depends on the body you're born into: Your gender, class, caste, region, religion, age

In The Seven Rules of Trust, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales argues that trust is a practical skill that enables cooperation, strong institutions and lasting success

Caste has waited out empires, outlasted reform movements, survived the constitutional abolition of untouchability, adapted to the diaspora, found new languages in new countries

As new empires pursue old ambitions and borders become bargaining chips, this anti-war treatise reminds us how history repeats itself through humanity's amnesia

A sweeping review of Tim Wigmore's Test Cricket: A History, exploring how empire, race, class and politics shaped the game's longest format

This book unravels the layers behind what may seem like mere Instagram aesthetics or airport looks

The anthology's staggering diversity and breadth aptly capture the staggering diversity and breadth of the Indian hills

Srinath Raghavan is less interested in the spectacle of the Emergency than in the decisions that preceded it and endured long after

Democracy's survival does not hinge on perfect leaders or policies, but on cultivating citizens who can tell the difference between what their feeds confirm and what evidence actually supports

Ita Mehrotra's Uprooted, through evocative prose and stunning black-and-white illustrations capturing years of fieldwork, narrates the displacement of Van Gujjar and Taungya communities

Mashelkar and Borde argue that true innovation doesn't cut corners or chase exclusivity. It expands access, raises quality and proves that efficiency and equity can coexist

Chris Horton's Ghost Nation chooses a different premise. The book assumes, correctly, that we live in a world where moral arguments have been rendered impotent

For a society so deeply entrenched in caste and class, the cognitive dissonance is astonishing. Caste is ancient history one moment, yet dictates marriage or who works at your house the next

Food is a critical part of any culture. It locates you. It shapes how you're seen and how you see yourself. It carries histories, hierarchies, and inheritances