This week on nybooks.com: From the
Review’s next issue,
Timothy Snyder explains what’s happening in Ukraine, and
Leila Seth challenges India’s criminalization of homosexuality. On the NYRblog,
Alma Guillermoprieto looks at the strangely easy capture of a drug kingpin,
Charles Simic ponders what we leave behind, and
Ian Buruma reviews a Nazi soap opera. Plus film events and all our reviews of this year’s Oscar contenders.