Tariq Ali

The Churchill Cult, by Jingo

Lionized in the age of Brexit and Boris Johnson as the epitome of bulldog spirit, Britain’s wartime leader was often reviled in his own time as a blundering reactionary—and rightly so.

Kashmir on the Edge of the Abyss

What will happen now? The Congress Party and the parties to its left will bleat on about Article 370 and refuse to accept that it has been their own policies and silences that paved the way for Modi to push through his party’s demands. Fear and opportunism have silenced liberal India.

Help Salman Rushdie!