Samanth Subramanian

Samanth Subramanian’s third book, A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane, was published in 2020. (December 2023)

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The Weight of One Story

The speakers in Bushra al-Maqtari’s oral history of Yemen’s civil war each narrate only a single incident: the violent death of a family member or friend.

What Have You Left Behind?: Voices from a Forgotten War

by Bushra al-Maqtari, translated from the Arabic by Sawad Hussain

December 21, 2023 issue

India After English?

Narendra Modi’s victory in India’s national election has coincided with a surge of confidence in the country’s regional languages—one that has played out not only in politics but also in the dramatic shift occurring in India’s newspaper business.

June 9, 2014

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