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Ahlawat Gunjan: Garden Palette

When art bridges the gap between humans and nature

‘I tried to think of a way to put the human back into a world history,’ says Simon Sebag Montefiore

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

Saluting the Foot Soldiers

The freedom movement’s nameless legion

On the Ashoka Trail

Nayanjot Lahiri travels through Asia to explore the different images of the Mauryan emperor. The author in conversation with Open

A Bridge across Rivers

Love and war in Portugal and India in the 16th century

‘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

A Wife’s Gaze

An intimate portrait of Ambedkar

Nationhood and Sisterhood

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s new novel traces freedom through a family saga

Shehan Karunatilaka: We’ve lived through war, but the great thing is there’s still hope

Shehan Karunatilaka is out with a collection of short stories, soon after his Booker win. The Sri Lankan author in conversation with Open

The Opening Punch

Chaos unfurls when vendetta is ill conceived, and a bag of riches is to be found

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