Talking History – Romila Thapar with Ramin Jahanbegloo, Neeladri Bhattacharya
Romila Thapar is the big name among historian in India. She has been responsible for the history we read in school. I have personally...
The Ocean of Churn by Sanjeev Sanyal
The Ocean of Churn by Sanjeev Sanyal attempts to expand the horizon of his earlier book 'The Land of Seven Rivers'. I had quite...
The Lost Generation by Nidhi Dugar Kundalia
The Lost Generation by Nidhi Dugar Kundalia chronicles the professions that used to be mainstream. But are on the verge of dying. Some of...
Where Stones Speak by Rana Safvi
Mehrauli is the oldest living city, within the current city of Delhi. In my last stint in Delhi from 2009-11, I used to walk...
A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton
A History of the World in Twelve Maps is a difficult book to review. It is meant for the cartographers to understand the roots...
At Home by Bill Bryson – Book Review
At Home by Bill Bryson is a mammoth book. It takes you around the world, across the eras without really stepping out of the...
Letters for a Nation from Jawaharlal Nehru by Madhav Khosla
From 1947 to 1963, Jawaharlal Nehru was the prime minister of India. He had a tough task to lay the ground for a new...
The Last King in India – Wajid Ali Shah by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones
Biographies of historical figures stitched together using the material available with a bit of imagination acting as a thread can be very interesting -...
The Case for India by Will Durant – Book Review
Written in 1930, at the peak of Indian freedom struggle, by a visiting American historian - this is book The Case for India, that...
Legendotes of Hyderabad by Narendra Luther
Narendra Luther is a leading authority on Hyderabad. Having authored many books on the city and its various aspects like rocks etc. In this...
