In 1974, twenty-three-year-old Indu (named after India’s then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi), inherits a sprawling four-bedroom flat from her grandmother. Given that..
Indu Sudaresan’s historical fiction book, The Twentieth Wife, captures the drama of the lives of the Mughal kings and queens. Erudite, beautiful,..
Divided into three parts, a respectable woman narrates the psyche of Naga Community of Nagaland during and after 1944 Kohima war. a..
April 6th is the anniversary of the end of the Salt March or the Dandi March, one of the most peaceful protest..
The Romance of Roopmati and Baz Bahadur “The loved one gives the heart the peace it craves. But, lacking thee, Roopmati knows..
Sky is my Father was originally published as A Naga Village Remembered, and recently reissued by Speaking Tiger books. The change in..
We’ve all read about history in school books: an endless repetition of dry facts and dates, of people with unpronounceable names and long-forgotten titles...
It’s 11th Century CE, India is fragmented and tormented by invasions of Mahmud Ghazni. This is the point where the curtains open..
An interview of Nilima Sinha, author of Red Blooms in the Forest published by Niyogi Books, where she talks about translations, genres..
Manu S Pillai needs very little introduction. Over the course of one decade and three books, he has contributed to taking history..