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Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s Memoir: Dialogue is Destiny
Mani Shankar Aiyar
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s magisterial memoir further underlines the truth that the consolidation of India’s own nationhood depends crucially on our being able to look on Pakistan as a friend and neighbour, not as a threat and an enemy
Sultan of the Sublime
The Deccani art patronised by the religious reconciler Ibrahim Adil Shah II of the Bijapur kingdom is an unparalleled alchemy of dream and fantasy
Will You Come Home?
Subhas Chandra Bose: Legend, legacy, folklore, conspiracy and the politics of hidden files
The Antique Lands
A majestic narrative on the Silk Roads retells global history where West and Central Asia form the axis of power play. The historian as a captivating storyteller is less convincing when he turns prophetic. The roads may not rise again
Donald Trump, From A to Z
An alphabetical portrait of the frontrunner in the race for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination
The Familiar Faces of Ajanta
The eternity of the sensuous and the spiritual in the finest picture gallery of a civilisation
Nothing Medieval About Them
Are Islamic terrorists, executioners of the digital age, ahead of the curve?
Burke and India
Edmund Burke, the 18th century English philosopher-statesman, believed that Indians were systematically exploited by the East India Company, whose abuse of power led to the creation of one of the most degenerate species of government that the civilised world had ever seen
Hindu Belief: Legacy versus Destiny
For Indology to overcome its past prejudices, it must open itself to the perspectives of genuine Hindu belief
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