Madras Medley

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20 Oct 2018

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Colonization of the world by European superpowers is something most people are familiar with. But it’s not often clear w...
23 Sep 2018

Origin by Dan Brown - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Robert Langdon and Dan Brown have come a long way from the heights of ‘Angels & Demons’ and ‘The D...
25 Aug 2018

The Indian Renaissance: India's Rise After a Thousand Years of Decline by Sanjeev Sanyal - Review by Abhishek Desikan

The Indian Renaissance is the tale of India’s economy. Although Sanjeev Sanyal has written some excellent books on...
04 Aug 2018

Chariots, Genetics and the Aryan Invasion Theory

This past month of June has been pretty important for Indian history buffs. The recent spate of excavations done by the ...
02 Jun 2018

Ashoka the Ungreat by Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Ashoka the Ungreat looks at the life and times of Ashoka and paints a perspective opposed to the mainstream narrative wh...