The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.

Whether you're searching for a hard-to-find edition or simply basking in the heritage of great authors, these destinations ...

India's spectacular book festivals make Hay and Cheltenham look parochial with panels filled with superstar writers from all ...

Mitch Jeserich speaks with historian and author William Dalrymple about his book The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World. His earlier books include The Anarchy: The East India Company ...

It’s astonishing how much we’ve discovered about these languages that have gone unspoken and unheard for millennia. In the ...

Mathematician, astronomer, historian of science, decoding India's rich intellectual heritage while challenging pseudoscience ...

William Dalrymple does not deploy that Sanskrit phrase in “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World.” But his audacious book’s aim is to “highlight India’s often ...

25 years after Joanne Harris introduced readers to the soothing delights of Chocolat, she's released her new book Vianne. It’s the prequel that explains how her heroine found her way into the world of ...

The 16th edition of the Namaste India festival will take place in 2025 not only in Bucharest but also for the first time in ...

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a courageous memoir that looks squarely at loss and death, the story of an ancient language that changed the world, and a reissued novel about a fragile ...