Book Reviews
‘I tried to think of a way to put the human back into a world history,’ says Simon Sebag Montefiore
Bhavya Dore
In two volumes, Simon Sebag Montefiore chronicles the world’s great families. The historian speaks about combining the span of world history with the grit of human biography
Aashish Chandorkar and Suraj Sudhir
National Booster: Inside India’s Vaccination Feat
The inside story
Nayanjot Lahiri
On the Ashoka Trail
Nayanjot Lahiri travels through Asia to explore the different images of the Mauryan emperor. The author in conversation with Open
Ruth Harris
‘Vivekananda is unique because he globalises Hinduism’
Historian Ruth Harris in Open conversation with
Pico Iyer
Enchantments of Memory
Kashmir is a parable about how paradise becomes something different to every neighbour
Vasudhendra | Translated by Maithreyi Karnoor
A Bridge across Rivers
Love and war in Portugal and India in the 16th century
Shekhar Pathak | translated by Manisha Chaudhry
‘Misrepresentations Damaged the Cause to Some Extent’
Shekhar Pathak’s book on the Chipko movement wins the Kamladevi Chattopadhyay New India Foundation Book Prize. The author in conversation with Open
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