![]() ![]() ![]() In an article for The Guardian newspaper, William Dalrymple writes, “Both biography and narrative history are still oddly absent from the contemporary Indian literary landscape-so much so that it’s difficult to think of an up-to-date and really first-class biography of a single Indian pre-colonial ruler.” Sunil Khilnani, professor of politics and director of the India Institute at King’s College, London, and author of the critically acclaimed The Idea of India, among many other books, is working to change this reality. ![]() India’s past is rife with great stories and myths, though it remains a curiously unpeopled history. In this episode, I speak with author Sunil Khilnani about his book, radio series, and podcast titled Incarnations: India in Fifty Lives. SUNIL KHILNANI: I said, “Maybe we should do something really ambitious and think about telling a history of India.” And I thought one way we could do it was through individual stories. Welcome to Art and Ideas, a podcast in which I speak to artists, conservators, authors, and scholars about their work. JIM CUNO: Hello, I’m Jim Cuno, president of the J. ![]()
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