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The trading post established by the British East India Company at Surat, India, c.1680. From British Merchant Adventurers, published 1942.

Of fallen greatness: Review of ‘The Broken Script’ by Swapna Liddle

An enjoyable history of Delhi and the Mughal dynasty that negotiates the end of an old world and the creeping advent of a new, unfriendly one.
Manu S. Pillai
Nandini Das: “When I began working on Roe over a decade ago, I was struck by how counter-intuitive that story I was encountering in historical documents was in comparison to our understanding of the British Empire in India.”

Nandini Das: ‘Sense of uncertainty haunted the English in Mughal India’

In conversation with the author on her latest book, Courting India.
Manu S. Pillai
Time Pieces

Rich repast of India’s past

The daily lives of ancient Indians reaffirm that history is complex and fascinating.
Manu S. Pillai
Rajmohan Gandhi.

‘I am shaken, but not crushed’

The India of his boyhood dream is under fearsome assault, but Rajmohan Gandhi isn’t giving up hope.
Manu S. Pillai