Meena Bhargava
This book is a very useful summary of the recent debates on the decline of the Mughal Empire.
Reviewed by: Seema Alavi
Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Most secondary school students in India would recognize this couplet as a reference to the greased cartridges that they study as the immediate cause of the Revolt of 1857.
Reviewed by: Purnima Dutta
K.V. Ramesh
India is one of the richest countries in epigraphic documents, belonging mainly to the ancient and medieval periods of history. These documents are invaluable in that they contain brief hints or elaborate accounts of past events and practices.
Reviewed by: M.R. Raghava Varier
Ranjeeta Dutta
What is the relationship between hagiography and biography? For too long scholars have simplistically associated hagiography with sacred legend and biography with secular science.
Reviewed by: Jonathan Paul Sydnor
Rob Harle
Voices across the Ocean: Poems from Australia &India(Cyberwit, 2014)is third in a series of collaborative anthologies by Rob Harle and Jaydeep Sarangi. The collection brings together 12 national portraits in verse, featuring five Indian and five Australian contemporary poets and a poem each from the editors.
Reviewed by: Usha Kishore
Chandrika Balan
Chandrika Balan’s collection of short stories is a rich addition to the multicultural and multilingual reality of our times.
Reviewed by: Jasbir Jain