Manu S Pillai
Manu S Pillai is a historian and essayist. His most recent book is The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History
The Colony Writes Back
A magisterial rejoinder to the empire and its apologists
31 January 2020
All About the Matriarch
A tale of divorce and diverse husbands in 19th century Kerala
27 December 2019
East India Company: The Evil Empire
The White-Brown nexus comes alive in William Dalrymple’s compelling portrait of the East India Company
23 August 2019
Sultans and Rajas
The Hindu-Muslim rivalries for power in the Deccan were not examples of communal acrimony
20 June 2018
The Original Mrs G
A portrait of Indira Gandhi as a strong leader and formidable woman
12 July 2017
Indian Railways: Track Record
The evolution of one of the world’s largest transport systems is a study on India’s cultural history as well
19 April 2017
Conquest of India
The European domination over India comes alive in this dramatic narrative
18 January 2017
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
MJ Akbar is an MP and the author of, most recently, Gandhi’s Hinduism: The Struggle Against Jinnah’s IslamWhile
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