William Makepeace Thackeray, India And English Nabobs
byWilliam Makepeace Thackeray’s work is a satirical reflection of British India and the English class system.
EDITOR'S PICKS
POLICY
The Financial-Geopolitical Complex: When Balance Sheets Become Battlefields
byMoney, markets, and financial infrastructure have become powerful instruments of geopolitics. They subdue the world without firing a shot.
Opinion
Environment
What Volcanoes Taught Me About Diplomacy
byA diplomat’s travels among volcanoes reveal enduring lessons about uncertainty, resilience, beauty, destruction and the unpredictability of nature.
INSIGHT
Biography
Fardunji Murzban: The Runaway Boy Who Founded India’s Oldest Newspaper
byFardunji Murzban transformed his passion for learning into a publishing revolution. His Gujarati newspaper, Mumbai Samachar, created a new public sphere, leaving a legacy that has endured for over two centuries.
Art & Poetry
Books & Films
Glamour, Grammar, And The Magic Wand of A.I.
byWhy has the glamour in grammar disappeared? From magic and memory to machines and micro-aggressions, here’s a meditation on grammar’s fading glamour in the age of artificial intelligence.
