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Wajid Ali Shah: The Royal Yogi of Lucknow

Ranjit Hoskote

A Nawab’s syncretism finds expression in his art

South Side Saga

Travelling across cultures and geography

Mughal Lite

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: ‘Borders are a colonial dream’

Akil Kumarasamy’s debut work is powered by the history of fractured nations

The Unremembered War

World War I, which ended a hundred years ago, saw the participation of 1.5 million Indians who have been forgotten

Queen of the World

The female power of the Mughal Empire

Open Diary

London books shops, Abir Mukherjee’s crime fiction and a sense of history

The Fifth Gospel

A forgotten biography of Jesus that was written for Akbar

Unity in Diversity

India’s relationship with desire

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