Tansy Troy
A hundred years ago, EM Forster, in his most celebrated novel A Passage to India, wrote about the Marabar Caves. Tansy Troy travels to Bihar’s Barabar Caves, the inspiration for Forster’s fictional setting
Patrick Olivelle’s riveting portrait of Ashoka brings out the universalism of the virtuous ruler
Nayanjot Lahiri travels through Asia to explore the different images of the Mauryan emperor. The author in conversation with Open
Irwin Allan Sealy’s new book is about Ashoka. The novelist tells Bhavya Dore why his king belongs to the modern times