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Shoumojit Banerjee
Feb 103 min read
The Historian Who Saw Through Augustus
At a time when strongmen strut the global stage and democracy so often finds itself in retreat, a book published in the autumn of 1939...


Hemant Shetye
Feb 33 min read
A Paragon of Judicial Integrity
In the 18th century, when Montesquieu, the French philosopher, argued for the separation of powers in his groundbreaking work De L'Esprit...


Simon Dalton
Jan 283 min read
A Literary ‘French Connection’
Every so often, amidst the deluge of World War II literature, some books emerge that feel like a revelation. The year 2024 proved...


Smitha Balachandran
Jan 203 min read
When India’s Empire of Ideas Bridged the Ancient World
William Dalrymple’s The Golden Road is a luminous tapestry that dazzles the intellect and the imagination alike. With his trademark...
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