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The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History

The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History

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Author: Manu S. Pillai

9789395073134 | PB | pp. 384 | 2022 | Westland Books

The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin by Manu S. Pillai is a collection of essays which open a window into India’s past, and to a world of such astonishing richness.

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From a Maratha prince who parodied caste to a Muslim deity in a Hindu temple; from a courtesan who became a warrior princess to another who sang for the gramophone; from a woman with no breasts to a goddess with three; and from an Englishman who venerated sacred Sanskrit to imperious Victoria Maharani–the essays in this collection open a window into India’s past, and to a world of such astonishing richness that it is surprising how much of it has been forgotten or expunged.

To dip into these essays is to be absorbed in India’s story and reflect on the experiences of men and women whose lives were full of drama and action. We discover the advent of the railways, just as we learn about the history of Indian football; we hear of the hated Lord Curzon’s love of India’s monuments, even as we unravel the story of the photographer who was Jaipur’s maharajah. In the hands of a consummate historian and storyteller, these men and women speak also of the concerns and perspectives of the present, showing us what was, and what might have been.

Author:

Manu S. Pillai
ISBN:

9789395073134
Binding:

Paperback
Pages:

384
Year of Publication:

2022
Publisher:

Westland Books
Edition:

Reissue
Condition:

New
Country of Origin:

India

About the Author

The author wrote the award-winning The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore (HarperCollins India, 2015), Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji (Juggernaut, 2018), The Courtesan, the Mahatma & the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History (Context, 2019), and most recently, False Allies: India's Maharajahs in the Age of Ravi Varma (Juggernaut, 2021).

Formerly Chief of Staff to Dr Shashi Tharoor MP, he has in the past worked at the House of Lords in Britain, with Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL, and with the BBC on their Incarnations history series, assisting Dr Sunil Khilnani. Written over six years and researched in three continents, Manu's first book, The Ivory Throne won the 2016 Tata Lit Live Prize for best first work of non-fiction and the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar. For three years, Manu also wrote a weekly column for Mint Lounge. His other writings have appeared in The Hindu, Open Magazine, the Times of India, Hindustan Times, The New Statesman, and other publications.

Manu is an alumnus of Fergusson College, Pune, and is currently enrolled as a PhD candidate at King's College London.

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