Defies historical conventions...scholarly and accessible, lively and deeply serious. I confess I recognised only about 20 of the names and what I thought I knew was wrong or incomplete... revelatory, bold and contem ...
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, The Independent
A majestic sweep of 2,500 years of Indian history...Khilnani is a rare blend of scholar and cracking travel writer, and his book is replete with distinguished characters little known in the West.
Tarquin Hall, The Sunday Times
A tour de force of intellectual history, engagingly written and peppered with wry personal anecdotes.
James Crabtree, Financial Times
Defies historical conventions...scholarly and accessible, lively and deeply serious. I confess I recognised only about 20 of the names and what I thought I knew was wrong or incomplete... revelatory, bold and contem ...
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, The Independent
A majestic sweep of 2,500 years of Indian history...Khilnani is a rare blend of scholar and cracking travel writer, and his book is replete with distinguished characters little known in the West.
Tarquin Hall, The Sunday Times
A tour de force of intellectual history, engagingly written and peppered with wry personal anecdotes.
James Crabtree, Financial Times
Defies historical conventions...scholarly and accessible, lively and deeply serious. I confess I recognised only about 20 of the names and what I thought I knew was wrong or incomplete... revelatory, bold and contem ...
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, The Independent
A majestic sweep of 2,500 years of Indian history...Khilnani is a rare blend of scholar and cracking travel writer, and his book is replete with distinguished characters little known in the West.
Tarquin Hall, The Sunday Times
A tour de force of intellectual history, engagingly written and peppered with wry personal anecdotes.