Your long reads this Sunday | Opinion + EYE

Sunday Eye Magazine + Opinion in this long reads newsletter

Is the success of recent films from the south teaching Bollywood a lesson or two in positioning and storytelling?   Films, be they big or small in scale, what works across the board finally is attitude, vision and conviction

Does an ornithologist make for a good spy? Stephen Alter explores the answer in his thrilling new historical detective novel     In the memory of my aunt Asha, who taught me to be comfortable in my own skin     A new collection of essays, edited by K Raju, on anti-caste themes intertwines erudite scholarship with practice     When Inder Bhan Madan's cartoons took on the Indian government and society

EXPRESS OPINION       P Chidambaram writes: There is a deliberate attempt to strike at India's foundations   P Chidambaram writes: There is a deliberate and determined attempt to strike at the very foundations of the Indian State. There is a stealthy attempt to deprive the people of their liberty and inalienable rights by chipping at the margins

Tavleen Singh writes: In a democracy, damage that sycophantic officials do is incalculable     Naseeruddin Shah writes: Removal of Faiz's verses show protests are no longer permissible     Why can't politicians have fun? Seriously     Inside track: Prashant Kishor's culture shock

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