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What makes social media platforms the default go-to for millions of people looking to kill time, seek validation, or distract themselves from their loneliness?

A troll in so many words

Tharoorosaurus is a collection of 53 short essays, each of which covers the meaning of a specific word, gives an example of its usage, traces the etymology behind it, and provides anecdotes

Gay pride in India Inc

This business book is not a yawn-inducing volume stuffed with facts and figures alone

The eye of the beholder

In a pandemic-stricken world that heightens the awareness of impermanence and uncertainty, love might be one of the few remaining frameworks to make meaning and find purpose

A different dissent

These activist histories need to be remembered and told so that we do not take our civil rights for granted

Drumming on discrimination

Caste is, in fact, a structural problem

The brutal face of peacekeeping

What are the power dynamics between peacekeepers from various cultural backgrounds sent to a conflict zone, and the locals they are supposed to protect?

Inside a bookstore

Is it possible to compartmentalise one's life in such a neat way that religious beliefs and professional priorities do not clash at all?

Star struck

A candid admission about Milind Soman's enrolment with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a young boy has generated tremendous curiosity in this book, which might have otherwise gone unnoticed.

The global health crisis has spawned reams of poignant poetry worldwide

Poignant when set against India's orchestrated applause for health-workers, are from a poem in Chinese that has been translated into English as "Please Don't Disturb"

Review: Bahawalpur tells the history of a kingdom that acceded to Pakistan

An account of a kingdom that acceded to Pakistan offers a useful way to understand tensions within Pakistani society in shaping its history

Deconstructing Mughal eras

According to Gandhi, Mughal royals such as Aurangzeb and Dara Shukoh have metamorphosed into myths in the popular imagination

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower offers the seamy side of social media

The question that remains, however, is this: Is the state a trustworthy regulator?

In Bapu and Ba's shadow

MKG's legacy is worth studying but the commemorative moment is more about platitudes, less about critical engagement

'Gay Icons of India' is replete with generalisations and stereotypes

The most disturbing part of this book, however, is the depiction of transgender individuals

Kashmir from the ground up

Mr Geelani writes about the political aspirations of his own people. This is a position of great responsibility

Book review: 'Blaming immigrants' busts most myths about refugees

Neeraj Kaushal uses her training as an economist not just to bust myths about immigration but recommend how things can be fixed