Ranjit Hoskote
This lyrical Sanskrit retelling of the Biblical tale of David and Bathsheba’s love, written by a Hindu poet for his Muslim patron, a 16th century Lodhi prince, offers a valuable confluence
A semi-historical novel uses Holmesian forensics to solve the mystery of the Bombay plague of 1896
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An academic take on the last years of Indira Gandhi fails to capture her impact on Indian politics
What is it about Ruskin Bond’s work that gives it its extraordinary vitality and luminosity?
An inquiry into Gandhi’s death fails to put him in the historical context of the Subcontinent