Nandini Nair in conversation with Simon Sebag Montefiore, historian and novelist
Tamil author Cho Dharman turns tales from the bucolic into cultural histories and anthropological meditations. He talks about his art and politics in a conversation with V Shoba
Recent biographies of Jahangir and Nur Jahan may have made the royal couple more accessible, but they often slip into the realm of conjecture
Akil Kumarasamy’s debut work is powered by the history of fractured nations
World War I, which ended a hundred years ago, saw the participation of 1.5 million Indians who have been forgotten