Madras Medley

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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...
13 May 2018

Vidura - An underrated sage

When we think of the important characters in the Mahabharata, few names come to mind instantly - the Pandavas (Yudhishtr...
08 May 2018

Bhima Lone Warrior by M.T. Vasudevan Nair - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Bhima: Lone Warrior is the English translation of the Malayalam epic Randamoozham. If there was one regret I had after r...