Ashok Alexander’s ‘A Stranger Truth’
ChrestomatherIn 2003 Ashok Alexander left a top job at McKinsey & Co. and took on the task of setting up the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s India AIDS…
Prasenjit Duara’s ‘Crisis of Global Modernity’
Prasenjit Duara’s The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Cambridge University Press, 2015) is a wide-ranging overview of Asian environmental history…
An Asian View of Europe: Pallavi Aiyar’s ‘Punjabi Parmesan’ – part 2
One of the pleasures of Pallavi Aiyar's Punjabi Parmesan § is that it addresses the pressing issues of contemporary Europe through a chorus of contrasting voices. Pallavi is…
An Asian View of Europe: Pallavi Aiyar’s ‘Punjabi Parmesan’ – part 1
Pallavi Aiyar’s new book, Punjabi Parmesan (Penguin India, December 2013) is an account of contemporary Europe seen through Asian eyes. The project is ambitious, timely and important, and…