A reissue, but Romila Thapar's The Past As Present (helpfully subtitled "Forging Contemporary Identities Through History) is worth a read. I don't know enough about Indian history or mythology to judge this, but it has some interesting commentary on how the historian approaches her subject, and how this puts her in conflict with the religious hardliners.
http://www.amazon.in/The-Past-Present-Contemporary-Identities/dp/9383064013 Also, good mindless thriller fiction- anything by James Rollins. Think Matthew Reilly, but better written, and tighter plots. -Lahar On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu Dec 04 2014 at 4:27:40 PM harry <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Would also recommend (though not connected to India) "The people in the > > trees" - Hanya Yanagihara ... > > > > > That does sound interesting. > > Where is everyone else on this thread this year? Sankarshan? Udhay? Rashmi? > Lahar? Suresh? Divya? Sumant? Etc. > > Thaths >
