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Poems from the Guru Granth Sahib
An exquisite new translation of Guru Nanak's verses, illuminating the sacred tenets cherished by millions of Sikhs worldwide.Guru Nanak (1469–1539), a native of Panjab, founded the …
The Past Before Us
The claim, often made, that India--uniquely among civilizations--lacks historical writing distracts us from a more pertinent question, according to Romila Thapar: how to recognize …
Animal Kingdoms
One summer evening in 1918, a leopard wandered into the gardens of an Indian palace. Roused by the alarms of servants, the prince’s eldest son and his entourage rode elephant-back …
Army and Nation
At Indian independence in 1947, the country’s founders worried that the army India inherited—conservative and dominated by officers and troops drawn disproportionately from a few …
Crossing the Bay of Bengal
For centuries the Bay of Bengal served as a maritime highway between India and China, and as a battleground for European empires, while being shaped by monsoons and human …
Army and Nation
At Indian independence in 1947, the country's founders worried that the army India inherited-conservative and dominated by officers and troops drawn disproportionately from a few …
Sufi Lyrics
A modern translation of verses by Bullhe Shah, the iconic eighteenth-century Sufi poet, treasured by readers worldwide to this day.The poetry of Bullhe Shah (d. 1758) is considered …
Poems from the Satsai
The seventeenth-century Hindi classic treasured for its subtle and beautiful portrayal of divine and erotic love’s pleasures and sorrows.In his Satsai, or Seven Hundred Poems, the …
The Essence of Politics
A foray into to the complexities of statecraft and leadership in medieval India.Kamandaki’s Nitisara, or The Essence of Politics, redefined the field of political thought in early …