Readings

With South Africa bracing for life after Nelson Mandela, could the tumult in India that accompanied Gandhi’s death be a useful analogue?

In 2007, the author’s mother received a strange email from a relative she didn't know existed. We turn to DNA analysis in pursuit of who we are, out of narcissistic self-obsession, and, as Carolyn Abraham’s The Juggler’s Children shows, to feel less alone.