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'Americans in Afghanistan know their game is over'

In one of the most riveting stories in the articles writer William Dalrymple wrote for the left-leaning British publication New Statesman, an Afghan tribal elder chats with the writer over a glass......

Securing the future of India's second capital

In his engaging book on a love affair between a Hyderabadi princess and an Englishman in the 18th century, William Dalrymple reminds us that "the road from Hyderabad to the port of Masulipatam was......

Vaihayasi P Daniel speaks to William Dalrymple

India has probably just one Punjabi Scotsman. Writer and historian William Dalrymple lives in eccentric, oddball-style outside Delhi in a rambling bungalow in Mehrauli. He shares his home with......

Dalai Lama to attend Jaipur literature fest

This year, the much-anticipated Jaipur Literature Festival will have a special touch of spirituality, with an underlying theme of Buddha's influence on the literary world. And who better than the......

Writer Willam Dalrymple: 'I don't believe Muslims are a problem and Islam a threat'

'When Sikhs were killed in the Afghan-Sikh war in 1837, the Afridis used to bury their heads like flowerpots in the ground,' writer and popular historian William Dalrymple tells Rediff.com's Syed......

Big bucks? Authors too are getting them

Authors have finally started making news in India, with the size of their book advances and not just their books themselves. Ramachandra Guha had publishers vying to offer him upwards of a crore of......

Globalisation of Golconda

Part I: The local and global in Hyderabad's developmentShri Narasimha Rao would have known that Hyderabad, and its predecessor kingdom of Golconda, had their own 'Look East Policy'. I discovered......

Argumentative Amartya

When the Nobel Prize marked its centenary in 2001, the foundation asked a handful of laureates for two mementos each that might be included in an exhibit. "They took away my bicycle, on which I had......

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Q. who's your favorite english writing indian author?
: A. William Dalrymple so far sometimes Amitabh Chandra. Arundhati Roy is just hi fi words. more

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Q. What does it actually mean to be a holy man or a Jain nun seeking salvation on the roads of modern India?
Kuhi Kashyap: A. please read today's Sunday Times to get the answer to your very good question, my friend. Shortly, the writer, William Dalrymple will be coming out...... more

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Q. NAME OF THE BEST BOOKS WRITTEN ON TRUE LOVE STORY
Cyrus Irani: A. shakuntala; the white mughals by william dalrymple; kenilworth:; my enemy the queen by victoria holt more

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Q. Listen --what a husband says of his wife --my biggest debt by far is , to my wife Olivia, not only did she twice encourage ( or rather order ) me to continue when, in black moments , i decided to throw the whole thing in , she also read and edited each day\'s work , put up with tantrums, picked up the pieces, made encouraging noises,-------the book City of Djinns quite literally , never have been completed without her. I dedicate it to Olivia with love and affection and a big hug ---William Dalrymple --in Acknowledgements------Q--is --Is it often --a husband says this of his wife or rar
Debnath Sabyasachi: A. After reading your question I understood the significance of the truth mentioned in the Bible in the book of Genesis. God took out a rib out of...... more

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Q. Does Mumbai Terror Attack Highlight Need for Solution in Kashmir??This is indeed a very preposterous comment that I've come across in Guardian. It was an article by William Dalrymple published on Nov 30th. You can read the full article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/30/mumbai-terror-attacks-india1.I'm shocked that the same writer wrote Last Mughal!! What do you think?
Wife Supreme: A. maybe to some extent, however, one thing is for sure, these terror attacks take place in countries where they find gaps in security and the target...... more

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A symphony of tastes

Savour history even as you tuck into the Kerala cuisine redolent with coconut and spices Text Size Cruise control: A house boat on the Vembanad... ...

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Mirroring the lens with water colours

Some of Nayanika Bharadwaj's nature-inspired realist works | R SATISH BABU Nayanika Bharadwaj At first sight, it's all green. You see the... ...

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Book your book

Every time homemaker Divya Robert, an avid reader of English and Tamil fiction, needed a book she would travel all the way to the central library... ...

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No need to fear even if Taliban comes back to power

If we listen to people intimately associated with the subject, academics, political scientists' et al, we get the impression that India be very... ...

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Spot the difference

Call me a Duckworth-Lewis squib, but it's the Indian Premier League (IPL) we're talking about. What did you expect? Proceedings against bribes paid... ...

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