Theatres of Democracy'As a scholar and thinker, Shiv Visvanathan is unburdened by chauvinisms of party, religion, region, or discipline.' Ramachandra Guha 'Shiv Visvanathan is one of India's most important social thinkers.' Pratap Bhanu Mehta 'A gifted writer and impeccable scholar, [Shiv Visvanathan] probes the Indian situation with compassion.' Paul Zacharia Unburdened by partisanship or political correctness, these essays by Shiv Visvanathan, one of India's foremost

“I can’t recall the last time I read a book whose heroine infuriated and seduced me as completely as Kate Zambreno’s Green Girl

more productive life—is within reach

leaving Alice behind

a woman whose passion for one destroys her love for the other

Why did the Gujarat police sit for six years on the call data records of the riot period

and it could cost him his heart

And I look forward to reading his next piece of work

it’s about us humans and how our one unique quality—empathy—will become ever more valuable in a world where technological advancement will disrupt the status quo as never before

still a smash hit in London's West End after 60 years

a gale driven by whispers of Navajo witchcraft and white man’s greed

As she embarks on a pleasure-seeking quest that takes her halfway around the world

Pirata is a novel readers won’t soon forget