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Truthfully, if I had seen The Outsider, the memoir by standup comedian and actor Vir Das, on display at a bookshop, I would have walked right past it without even reading the blurb. Not because I have anything against Vir Das, but because I am not familiar with much of his work.
But the books page editor of The Asian Age hates the very concept of co...
Governors of Empire is a detailed account of the governors — appointed initially by the English East India Company (EIC) and then usurped by the British Crown — who were supposedly in charge of a tract of land and its peoples so rich, so large and so complex that administration would have been a nightmare. The trickle of arrivals that started in April 1608 when an E...
It’s that time of the year again when the pink city of Jaipur becomes synonymous with the grand celebrations of books and reading. The Jaipur Literature Festival 2026 kicked off in all its glory this week as the winter sun shone brightly upon readers, writers, publishers and literature enthusiasts.
Kannada writer, activist, lawyer and Booker Prize winner Banu Mus...
The Orangeeboob of Trumpistan declared that he would take action against Iran if the regime killed more protesters. It has to date killed 2,500 and maimed and injured thousands. Yes, Boobyboy has now declared 25 per cent extra tariffs on nations who trade with Iran. Scary???
It won’t stop the Ayatollah’s murder squads slaughtering more protesters on the streets who ar...
There is no fiscal space for meaningful change in the pattern of Union Budget allocations. Our national income base is tiny for a population of 1.4 billion. Even a high nominal growth of 12 per cent pushes GDP to Rs 400 trillion in 2026-27 but gives just Rs 22,000 per person in tax resources, at a tax to GDP share of 8 per cent for the Union government.
Non-tax revenu...
