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Along with his brothers, he created one of the most storied business empires with Indian roots

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Nationalist tropes and imperial assumptions miss the Raj’s real economic impact

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An account of the modern world through the history of written constitutions

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The lives of poets and explorers in the twilight of the Raj

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The Nobel laureate’s legacy has much to say to charges of amnesia about colonialism

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Don't rule out a Meghan touch to the Commonwealth

Woes of a Warrior

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The prince who took on the East India Company for the era’s biggest port city

A Critical Conspiracy Called Post-Colonialism

Makarand R Paranjape

Haunted by the last spectre

Across the Line

Hormis Tharakan

A richly rewarding portrait of the subcontinent through personal stories

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British Empire

SP Hinduja (1935-2023): Global Magnate

Travels of a Fish

The Birth of Modern India

The First Draft

Deborah Baker: Portraits of Passion

Naipaul’s Reckoning With Empire

Reimagining Her Majesty’s Club

Woes of a Warrior

A Critical Conspiracy Called Post-Colonialism

Across the Line

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