The blurb on the Outlook cover proclaims:
1857: The Untold story. William Dalrymple shares new facts and perspsectives on the 1857 Mutiny, revealed in his forthcoming book The Last Mughal.
Perhaps, the Outlook editors are responsible for the exaggerated headline along with the unattributed sidebar story, which lists Dalrymple’s historiographic revisions. Perhaps Dalrymple himself supplied the [...]
[Also posted in Revise and Dissent]
William Dalrymple has a long essay on the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 in the latest issue of Outlook, India’s leading news magazine. This essay is based on the third book in Dalrymple’s proposed quartet on Delhi: The Last Mughal, which will be published later this year. Bahadur Shah Zafar, the [...]
1. A balmy Bangalore is such a nice contrast from Delhi. As I step out of the airport, three citibank credit card hawkers approach me, separately. They stand fifty yards away from each other and are seeking to sign up people coming out of the airport. Quite exasperated at the marketing genius who came up [...]
My first morning back in Delhi, I set out to Pataudi House in Daryaganj. Even after the first pre-monsoon shower the previous day and many years of living in Delhi, I still have to get used to a Delhi summer day. The hot air hits one upon disembarking a plane or train. So do many [...]
Yesterday, over 450,000 young men and women appeared for the Second Division Clerk exams. Only 700 of these candidates will have the privilege of serving us as clerks in in various Government Departments.
The number of aspirants for anything - be it for admission to medical or engineering colleges or business schools [...]
Norman Hubbard confirms my gut insight: Togo are the story of the World Cup. They crashed out today and let France advance, with their first victory in eight years.
Lots of good matchups in the knockout stage that begins tomorrow. Germany - Sweden. Portugal - Netherlands. Italy - Australia. Brazil - Ghana. France - Spain. Now [...]