‘Brought up into a life with little meaning, we had convinced ourselves that meaningful ways of being existed, and we would find them. In reality, this amounted to running this way and that, uncertain ...

“This terrible and occasionally illegible prose never quite overcomes the reader’s trust in Faulkner’s profound creative power.” “Run and Hide,” by Pankaj Mishra, follows the conflicting paths of ...

Anger is the order of the day. Around the globe — from the cold-blooded killers of the Islamic State to Polish patriots fearful of cultural contamination, from Hindu chauvinists in India to immigrant ...

In 2015, The New York Times Book Review posed the question “Whatever happened to the Novel of Ideas?” to the writers Pankaj Mishra and Benjamin Moser. On the question of “whether philosophical novels ...

Why a passionate history of global alternatives to liberal capitalism becomes an exercise in nostalgia. In the fun-house mirror of the present, the contours of the twentieth century have assumed a ...

It is only in the last few pages of An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World that Pankaj Mishra directly addresses the concerns of his title, and here the “world” is defined as the spectacle of ...

TORONTO – Indian writer Pankaj Mishra, renowned for his insightful works on the Global South, Western imperialism in Asia, and contemporary spirituality, has won the 2024 Weston International Award.

Pankaj Mishra (R), author of "From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia" (U.S. paperback edition, 2013). (Author photo: PankajMishra.com) Restless Empire: China ...

The Diplomat’s Justin McDonnell speaks with essayist and novelist Pankaj Mishra about his latest book A Great Clamour: Encounters with China and Its Neighbors, Chinese and Indian mutual distrust, ...