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‘Whether the Silk Road existed in the classical period is questionable’

‘Whether the Silk Road existed in the classical period is questionable’

Historian William Dalrymple was in Mumbai to promote his new title. We caught up with the Scotsman, and discovered how this book situates India at the helm of intellectual and cultural transmission in the ancient period

19 November,2024 09:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Nandini Varma
Monks ki baat

Monks ki baat

In this extract from his new book, noted historian William Dalrymple details how Buddhist monks shaped India’s early religious history in the second century BCE at the little known Bhaja Caves that still stand just 2.5 hours from Mumbai

15 September,2024 07:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Team SMD
Building an Empire

Building an Empire

In a conversational-style podcast, authors William Dalrymple and Anita Anand explore the stories, personalities and events of empires in history, starting with the Raj

04 September,2022 07:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Ela Das
Salman Rushdie attack: Renowned authors Amitava Ghosh, Neil Gaiman, others react

Salman Rushdie attack: Renowned authors Amitava Ghosh, Neil Gaiman, others react

A few hours after Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie was attacked at a literary event in New York, several authors from the literary community around the world including Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, William Dalrymple, Taslima Nasreen and Amitav Ghosh have expressed their feelings

13 August,2022 02:15 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
In historic Company

In historic Company

Get reintroduced to India’s history that you thought you knew, with a lecture by William Dalrymple

06 May,2022 06:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Tanishka D’Lyma
Friends, colleagues tweet condolences at journalist-writer Anil Dharker’s death

Friends, colleagues tweet condolences at journalist-writer Anil Dharker’s death

Dharker was a former Mid-day and Sunday Mid-day editor, and the founder-director of the Mumbai International Literary Festival

26 March,2021 02:18 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Visit an exhibition of photographs historian William Dalrymple

Visit an exhibition of photographs historian William Dalrymple

An exhibition showcases photographs historian William Dalrymple captured while researching for his next book

12 April,2018 09:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Shunashir Sen
Are William Dalrymple's latest photographs worth a thousand words?

Are William Dalrymple's latest photographs worth a thousand words?

Renowned author William Dalrymple's second outing as a photographer champions mobile phone photography

22 April,2018 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Benita Fernando
The art no one wants to call their own

The art no one wants to call their own

William Darlymple's latest book celebrates faceless Indian artists commissioned by the East India Company who developed a unique style that was two-third Mughal, one-third European, but ignored by both India and England

19 January,2020 08:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Anju Maskeri
'East India Company's exploits were a libertarian wet dream'

'East India Company's exploits were a libertarian wet dream'

From corrupt traders to ruthless administrators, William Dalrymple's latest book chronicles how exactly a London-based joint-stock company went on to rule India

18 October,2019 07:00 AM IST | Fiona Fernandez

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