A new issue of The Caravan is out. From Outlook India, a special issue on the Reforms Vicenary: 1991-2011. The jury is still out on this one. The ABC of the 2G Scam: Much has been said about the telecom scam, but little has really been understood. A review of India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking by Anand Giridharadas. A review of Makers of Modern India by Ramachandra Guha, The Rediscovery of India by Meghnad Desai and India: A Portrait by Patrick French (and more and more). From the latest issue of Bookforum, the Don of Delhi: With his eye for the exotic, William Dalrymple has become India's authority on its Mughal past. The Literary Raj: For all their posturing and weighty pretences, the Indian elite’s life of letters is still strangely beholden to the British. A literary festival sparks a fierce debate about Britain's colonial legacy — and shows that Indian authors have much to offer the world. Despite criticism of the festival’s cofounder William Dalrymple, the Jaipur festival continues to draw big crowds for another year of stunning talent (and more). From Tehelka, a special issue on original fiction. The Caste Buster: Ravindra Misal rejected tradition to become a self-made man — with his “personality contests” and idiomatic-English lessons, he’s trying to help others do the same. Casual sex is taboo no more — a young nation gets all frisky and experimental between the sheets. How “Hindu” is yoga after all? Meera Nanda investigates.
