Irwin Allan Sealy’s new book is about Ashoka. The novelist tells Bhavya Dore why his king belongs to the modern times
The political adds a darker edge to Anindita Ghose’s first novel
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, director of ground-breaking movies, relives his spectacular success and noble failures
András Szántó delves into the subject and expects Indians and others not to ape the West, but to democratise museums
Vidya Dehejia’s chosen artefacts relive the past, speak to the present, and occasionally portend the future