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Crimson City

Madhulika Liddle

To follow in the footsteps of real and imagined characters in Old Delhi is to discover its cosmopolitan nature

The Discovery of Independent India

Amita Shah

Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya is a rich trove of the country’s political history as seen through its 14 past prime ministers

Isabel Allende: The Reckoning

Sharanya Manivannan

Isabel Allende’s new novel is about a woman steeped in history

Borderland or Bloodland?

Sudeep Paul

Geography as the determinant of Ukraine’s violent history

Revisionist History

Swapan Dasgupta

History is devoid of meaning if the context is taken out of events

Prashant Bose: The Man Who Saw Thunder In Autumn

Rahul Pandita

Retracing the steps of Prashant Bose, India’s oldest surviving Maoist leader

Murder In The Madras Zoo

Mukund Padmanabhan

A beastly tale from World War II

Water Kingdoms

Suneetha Balakrishnan

Indo-Roman ocean trade told through the stories of patricians and plebeians

The Banality of Comparative Evil

S Prasannarajan

Desperately seeking the sword of Hindutva

Akash Kapur: A Sceptic’s Faith

Nandini Nair

Akash Kapur’s nonfiction book tells of the quest for utopia in Auroville. He speaks to Nandini Nair about writing history without judgement and the impossibility of an ideal world

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history

Crimson City

The Discovery of Independent India

Isabel Allende: The Reckoning

Borderland or Bloodland?

Revisionist History

Prashant Bose: The Man Who Saw Thunder In Autumn

Murder In The Madras Zoo

Water Kingdoms

The Banality of Comparative Evil

Akash Kapur: A Sceptic’s Faith

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