In a democratic age, you can't buck demography - except through civil war. Pankaj Mishra agebuckcivil Change image and share on social
Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India. Pankaj Mishra bookbusinesschina share on social
Democracy, loudly upheld as a cure for much of the ailing world, has proved no guarantor of political wisdom, even if it remains the least bad form of government. Pankaj Mishra ailbadcure Change image and share on social
Local markets for literary fiction remain underdeveloped; the metropolis often holds out the only real possibility of a professional writing career. Pankaj Mishra careerfictionhold Change image and share on social
Gandhi, brought out of his semirural setting and given a Western-style education, initially attempted to become more English than the English. Pankaj Mishra attemptbringeducation Change image and share on social
The clash of civilizations or the clash between Islam and the West may be cliches. But there is an even bigger cliche around: that this clash actually goes on within Islam, between reformists and fanatics. Pankaj Mishra bigcivilizationclash share on social
In 1919, at the Paris Peace Conference, Japan had put forward a proposal to guarantee racial equality at the League of Nations, but Woodrow Wilson overturned it in the face of majority support. Pankaj Mishra conferenceequalityface Change image and share on social
In December 2004, I travelled on the road from Uzbekistan across the Oxus River on which the first Soviet convoys had rolled into Afghanistan 25 years before. Pankaj Mishra afghanistanconvoydecember Change image and share on social
Tiananmen Square in early 1989 attracted many dreamers like Ma Jian, who returned from Hong Kong to a one-room shack in Beijing in order to join the student protests. Pankaj Mishra attractbeijingdreamer Change image and share on social
As an Indian, you feel easily connected with certain histories in places like Indonesia, where one sees, because of the presence of the Hindu-Buddhist past, Hindus still living there or Muslims performing rituals that are instantly familiar. Pankaj Mishra buddhistconnecteasily share on social
