Kashmir on the Edge of the Abyss
Originally published on the NYRB daily. In an unsettled world, amid violent wars and imperial occupations, with all norms...
Category: Comment & Debate
Notes on the Indian Election
Originally published on the LRB blog. That Narendra Modi would win again was never really in dispute. The only...
What was Lenin Thinking?
What was Vladimir Lenin thinking on the long journey to Petrograd’s Finland Station in 1917? Like everyone else, he...
How Lenin’s love of literature shaped the Russian Revolution
Literature shaped the political culture of the Russia in which Vladimir Ilyich Lenin grew up. Explicitly political texts were...