Manu S. Pillai
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âThe Forgotten Atelierâ chronicles the overlooked masters of Raja Ravi Varmaâs era (opens the original)
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When thinking of art in Kerala, the name that usually springs to mind is Raja Ravi Varma. But the region has a richer artistic heritage featuring everything from mural paintings to Deccani miniatures. Sharat Sunder Rajeev, whose first book on the ivory carving tradition of Travancore was published by the Kerala Council for Historical Research, opens up this world of durbar painters, female artists, and itinerant European masters in his new book The Forgotten Atelier (White Falcon Publishing). Ex
Manu S. Pillai-The Hindu (opens the original)
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Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription Manu S. Pillai is a historian and the author of five books, most recently Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity (2024). A winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, he holds a Ph.D. in history from King’s College London and has been writing for several national publications over the l
Interview | Historian Munis D. Faruqui on his book, Aurangzeb âAlamgir and the Mughal Empire (opens the original)
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The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb died in 1707. But even in 2026, he remains a polarising figure in public imagination. Munis D. Faruquiâs Aurangzeb âAlamgir and the Mughal Empire (Juggernaut Books), however, offers a nuanced picture. Sparkling with fresh insights and fascinating new details, the book offers a richer, fuller picture of Aurangzeb. It also responds to the controversies around him. Excerpts from an email interview with Faruqui, a historian in the department of South and Southeast A
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