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Manu S Pillai

Manu S Pillai iPillai is a historian and the author of, among other titles, The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin

A painting by William Rothenstein showing English diplomat Sir Thomas Roe at Mughal Emperor Jahangir’s court in 1616
Essay
The Hindu Rate of Survival

A religion’s resourcefulness in overcoming adversity

29 November 2024
Books
The Man Who Did Not Bend

Bal Gangadhar Tilak as the radical in politics and a gradualist on social reform

16 August 2024
Books
The Sword of Shivaji

Bringing the legend of the warrior king to a new generation

09 September 2022
Books
The Quiet Patriotism of Ravi Varma

Funded by maharajahs, admired by moderates while also welcoming the extremist vision, in his domain, the artist manifested a nationalism of his own

01 October 2021
The Colony Writes Back
Books
The Colony Writes Back

A magisterial rejoinder to the empire and its apologists

31 January 2020
All About the Matriarch
Features
All About the Matriarch

A tale of divorce and diverse husbands in 19th century Kerala

27 December 2019
In search of the real Savarkar
Books
In search of the real Savarkar

The making of a revolutionary

27 September 2019
East India Company: The Evil Empire
Special
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
Begum Samru: The Queen’s Speech
Essay
The Queen’s Speech

Redeeming history from men who mythify other men

09 August 2019
A statue of Krishnadeva Raya in Anegundi village, Karnataka
History
Sultans and Rajas

The Hindu-Muslim rivalries for power in the Deccan were not examples of communal acrimony

20 June 2018

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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