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Writer, historian Patrick French dies after battle with cancer

Award-winning British author, historian and academic Patrick French, best known for his biography of VS Naipaul, The World Is What It Is, and India: A Portrait, died in London on Thursday after a......

Kohinoor belonged to Lord Jagannath: Odisha outfit after Queen's death

A socio-cultural organisation of Odisha has claimed that the Kohinoor diamond belonged to Lord Jagannath, and sought the intervention of President Droupadi Murmu for its return to the historic Puri......

With Queen's death, Twitterati wants Kohinoor's return to India

The death of Britain's longest-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II has rekindled social media chatter demanding the return of the Kohinoor diamond to India. With her son Prince Charles succeeding......

Taliban govt unlikely to survive: William Dalrymple

Describing the new Afghanistan government as “spectacularly uninclusive” even within the Taliban frame, author-historian William Dalrymple says the "all-male old guard......

Time for India to Engage the Taliban

India needs to shed its policy of lethargy and inhibitions to engage the Taliban with an intent to maintain its influence in Afghanistan. This would not just put a spanner in Pakistani designs, but......

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 development Shri 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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William Dalrymple

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Writer, historian Patrick French dies after battle with cancer

Kohinoor belonged to Lord Jagannath: Odisha outfit after Queen's death

With Queen's death, Twitterati wants Kohinoor's return to India

Taliban govt unlikely to survive: William Dalrymple

Time for India to Engage the Taliban

Big bucks? Authors too are getting them

Globalisation of Golconda

Argumentative Amartya

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