Notes from the New Yorker staff on their literary engagements of the week. Recently, I let an iPad into my life. I find the device faintly annoying, like some overpolished missionary trying to convert ...

My all-too-brief visit to Delhi last year ignited in me a desire to learn about the history of India. A shout-out to the hive mind on Facebook armed me with a formidable reading list — still entirely ...

Advocate Rana Dasgupta denies allegations that he sought the help of the Indian prime minister in combating the recent attack on minorities in the country. "The report published in different media ...

In a February 3 reading at the Harvard Book Store, author Rana Dasgupta described the challenges of recreating history in his second novel, “Solo,” which follows the life of a Bulgarian centenarian.

The author of a new book that warns of the breakdown of the nation-state – the system that provides essential pillars such as citizenship, the law, the economy and healthcare – is warning that the ...

More than 99% of humanity lives in nation states. But nations are less than 200 years old, and today many countries are sliding into xenophobia, debt and a cost of living crisis. With the liberal ...

All stories written by - Rana Dasgupta In his new book, Rana Dasgupta shows how imperial Britain hijacked successful Asian economies An excerpt from ‘After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World ...

There are books that critique systems, and then there are books that quietly dismantle the assumptions beneath them. After Nations belongs to the latter category. Rana Dasgupta does not merely ...