![]() ![]() The stories look at these individuals - some famously known like Buddha, Ashoka, Gandhi, Raj Kapoor and others forgotten like Malik Ambar, William Jones, Nainsukh - as human beings, and not as some distant figures from the past.ĭirector of the India Institute at King's College, London, Professor Khilnani spent nearly two-and-a-half years researching the book and tries neither to debunk nor mythologise, but looks at these figures as real people. You can read one every night before you go to bed," says the historian about Incarnations, an extremely readable book about the people who have shaped 2,500 years of Indian history. Sunil Khilnani is standing in front of the new arrivals at Mumbai's Crossword book store in Kemps Corner, surrounded by a clutch of young book store staffers. IMAGE: Professor Sunil Khilnani at the Crossword book store, Kemps Corner, South Mumbai. ![]()
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