Few people carry gravitas and mirth in equal measure. William Dalrymple is one of those exceptions
A Sanskrit scholar from America returns to the Mughal court to trace its Indian cultural roots
A walk through the grand alleys of Mughal history and the imprints of the rise, decline and fall of the imperial capital of Shahjahanabad, which is now being redeveloped
With this novel, Sudhir Kakar’s transition from psychoanalyst to fiction writer has finally been successful.