In wake of the tribunal quashing the suspension of IPS officer by the Karnataka government, my piece on how the performative reprimand and scapegoating have been part of the optics and post- crisis political management across the country : .

Here I review tribal rights icon and Jharkhand movement leader Jaipal Singh Munda's memoir, re-published by @navayanabooks, as he looks back at his eventful life- from Oxford to Olympic podium, and from the Constituent Assembly to Parliament.

Here I talk to Gopalkrishna Gandhi about his new book "The Undying Light", published by @AlephBookCo.This is a teaser, the full interview is behind the paywall. via @YouTube.

Here is my review of Gopalkrishna Gandhi's new book "The Undying Light: A personal history of Independent India", published by @AlephBookCo .

Here I talk to @AakritiMandhwa1 about her book " Everyday Reading : Hindi middlebrow and the North Indian middle class ". This is the trailer, the full interview is behind the paywall.

Here I talk to diplomat-poet and writer @theabhayk about his new book "Nalanda", published by @PenguinIndia . This is a teaser, the full interview is behind the paywall.

Here I review @AakritiMandhwa1 's important work " Everyday Reading: Hindi Middlebrow and the North Indian Middle Class", published by @speakingtiger14 .

"Indian railways is primarily a form of employment that also runs trains"-@manujosephsan.

Here I briefly look back at the life and times of Dr Manmohan Singh. I also recall what I saw as some core attributes of his conduct in a thinly attended Delhi University seminar back in 1999.

Here I briefly look back at Shyam Benegal's life in filmmaking. The obituary begins with recalling his directorial imprint on the final scene of his 1979 film Junoon, which was based on Ruskin Bond's novel " A Flight of Pigeons".

Here I talk to historian @DalrympleWill about his new book, "The Golden Road : How Ancient India Transformed the World," and and how India influenced the big ideas- science, mathematics, philosophy and trade- in the ancient world.

Here I review @theabhayk's translation of Jayanth Pati's 1928 novel Fool Bahadur, arguably the first Magahi novel, set in the small town milieu of colonial era officialdom. The translated work has been published by @PenguinIndia .

Here Kallol Bhattacherjee talks to me about his new book " Nehru's First Recruits- Diplomats who built Independent India's foreign policy ".

Here I review Kallol Bhattacherjee 's new book "Nehru's First Recruits- The Diplomats who built Independent India's Foreign Policy", published by @HarperCollinsIN.

My piece on how as a crafty .maximiser of the available political space, Nitish Kumar is now on the same turf in the national politics that has made him thrive in Bihar – the politics of the missing piece between two rival alliances.

Here I briefly look back at Sushil Kumar Modi's life in politics:

My piece on Rahul Gandhi's decision to opt for Rae Bareli, instead of Amethi, as his constituency. Also, why it makes strategic sense for Congress leadership to pick the right poll battles to fight, which entails leaving some battles.

Here I review Salman Rushdie's " Knife" published by @penguinrandomhouse.

My take on the recently released manifestos of the Congress and the BJP.

My review of @SobhanaNair's book "Ram Vilas Paswan- The Weathervane of Indian Politics" published by @RoliBooks.